Overthrow

When I was 12 years old, I knew a kid named Brent who was a few years older than me. He was a vegan punk-rock kid with neon green hair. He gave me some PETA pamphlets and showed me videos of factory farms. I thought about the arguments he made: "Don't you think these animals are being subjected to an insane amounts of abuse, cruelty, and suffering? Don't you think they should have rights, too?" and so on. There were a ton discussions we had about the topic over a span of months. Brent gave me books from a philosopher named Peter Singer, and I had come across the song "Cats and Dogs" by the hardcore band Gorilla Biscuits. I was going to punk shows at the woodcock township building in Meadville, PA and met a guy named Greg who was a local Spanish Teacher, who was also a vegetarian. He would make vegan food for the shows. He had a gentle approach. These things all made some kind of vague impression on me. After awhile, I decided vegetarianism was something