{"id":13939,"date":"2010-05-02T11:39:10","date_gmt":"2010-05-02T16:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=13939"},"modified":"2010-07-22T22:44:54","modified_gmt":"2010-07-23T03:44:54","slug":"nichols-travis-hold-fast-sisters-and-brothers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=13939","title":{"rendered":"Nichols, Travis – Hold Fast, Sisters and Brothers!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In reviewing a comic, I sometimes have to stop and put things in perspective.\u00c2\u00a0 This comic, for example, dealing with veganism and how awesome it is, looks great.\u00c2\u00a0 Travis has a cast of fairly adorable characters, the dialogue is well written and things even wrap up with a mildly amusing joke.\u00c2\u00a0 The trouble is that I can’t stand being preached to, and the self-righteousness of the general vegan crowd is enough to make me want to grab a burger.\u00c2\u00a0 Don’t get me wrong, I admire their commitment to a cause, and more power to them for choosing to live that life.\u00c2\u00a0 That being said, being preached at by a vegan nut is about the same as being preached at by a religious nut.\u00c2\u00a0 Travis even briefly acknowledges the preachiness in the end, but it wasn’t quite enough to kill off my overall crankiness.\u00c2\u00a0 The central conflict in this comic is between the main character and half of a leftover cinnamon roll.\u00c2\u00a0 Just one bite wouldn’t be so bad, would it? Well, it turns out that the roll is Satan in disguise, which further reinforces the notion in the comic that us meat eating folk are all at least mildly evil.\u00c2\u00a0 One thing I’ve always wondered about veganism in general: if it was eventually proven that plants have a rudimentary consciousness and\/or feel pain, would vegans stop eating them, or does the sympathy only extend to cute critters?\u00c2\u00a0 I’m trashing them way too much, granted.\u00c2\u00a0 Animals are raised and killed in genuinely horrific conditions, and they do serious harm to our bodies and long-term health.\u00c2\u00a0 Still, eating meat does not make me or anybody else a horrible person, and not eating meat does not make someone automatically righteous.\u00c2\u00a0 Some of the biggest assholes I’ve ever met have been vegetarians, as well as some of the nicest people.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s one tiny check-marked box that makes up a person, and I just think there are way more important things to worry about in the world at the moment.\u00c2\u00a0 Wow, who knew I had such a rant in me this morning?\u00c2\u00a0 This comic really does look great, and if you’re less upset and some preaching than I am (or are a vegan\/vegetarian yourself), you’ll probably love this book.\u00c2\u00a0 I’d like to see some less preachy comics from the man, that’s all.\u00c2\u00a0 No price, so… $3?<\/p>\n

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Website Hold Fast, Sisters and Brothers! In reviewing a comic, I sometimes have to stop and put things in perspective.\u00c2\u00a0 This comic, for example, dealing with veganism and how awesome it is, looks great.\u00c2\u00a0 Travis has a cast of fairly adorable characters, the dialogue is well written and things even wrap up with a mildly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3886,3885],"class_list":["post-13939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-hold-fast-sisters-and-brothers","tag-travis-nichols"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13939"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13942,"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13939\/revisions\/13942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}