Speciesism, I calls it. If it doesn't work right, we can always try something else. Once a person has killed other people on behalf of an ideology, he becomes rather devoted to it. 1997 Proposals to forbid golf courses have about the same motivations as proposals to forbid skate boarding, although the rationalizations are different. Asking a critic to name his favorite book is like asking a butcher to name his favorite pig.
Language is froth on the surface of thought.
Slogans rarely convince the unconvinced. However, they do rally the troops already on your side. Hardly anyone has noticed that in the Northern Hemisphere people stir their drinks counterclockwise, whereas the same people stir their drinks clockwise when visiting the Southern Hemisphere. The number of hits on this page since 1998 May 19.