Sometimes it seems so hard to fight the good fight. To take that stand. Why bother? You think...Then you realise there are people who do and you feel belittled small. There is so much bearing down...So much to be asked of someone with values. You wonder if anyone does it, if it is really sustainable or if they all just become hypocritical political vegetarians who still use animal products...but then isn't that still a stand a statement isn't that better than nothing so what if they slip up and eat an egg or wear leather shoes they show more gumption than people like me who cave...Sometimes I like BI wonder why I write this silly thing, what is the "mandate" although on more cynical days I wonder if that question is not just a call to the void a request for affirmation by the handful of people or less that frequent here...a the pits of self-deprecation....Somedays you can only go down, others well the reverse is also true.