Ruby Roth has written a book for children, Vegan Is Love, which
was featured on Today this morning. Inside, there are
illustrations of animals hugging. There are also drawings of
dead animals strung up and bleeding. Roth says, "My goal is not
to scare any child." Roth has a stepdaughter, Akira, who
declares: "My favorite food is kale." Probably because she can't
eat McNuggets?  Obviously vegan parents are the target audience
for this book, and they most likely wouldn't have a problem with
the illustrations or the language inside. But, as Matt Lauer
mentioned later in the segment, when you send the message "vegan
is love," do you also send the message that "eating meat is
hate"? And how does that affect a child's budding relationships?
Surely no one could argue that you shouldn't educate a kid and
teach compassion, even when it comes to food choices. But what
about tolerance and acceptance of the choices of others? Even if
your moral compass is very tightly wound, and you believe that
meat is murder, should yo