Dr. Peter Singer

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Dr. Peter Singer is a vegetarian bioethicist from Australia and professor at Princeton University. He wasn't born a vegetarian, he made a lifestyle choice to become one. Singer is neither white nor black - he claims to be inbetween. Pick one Doctor.

He appeared as a guest on the December 11, 2006 edition of The Colbert Report, where he was repeatedly nailed by Stephen while discussing his latest book. His co-author Jim Mason wasn't there - which is unfortunate since Stephen is a huge Jim Mason fan.

[edit] The Interview

Dr. Singer doesn't discriminate against animals. Neither does Stephen: he eats them all because they are so delicious.

After arguing about God's grant to mankind of Dominion over the world and the resulting equality or inequality of animals and calling most of the human race speciesist, Singer put Stephen in a difficult position when he asked if Dr. Colbert would eat babies if he knew they were delicious too. It sounds like Dr. Singer might have some experience with Fetalcini Alfredo.

For the record, Stephen said he would fight the urge to eat babies, even if, as Dr. Singer claims, they are delicious.

Singer also doubted Stephen's thousands of double-blind laboratory research experiments on The Positive Effect of Stephen Colbert's Voice on Ficuses, demanding Stephen publish his findings in a scientific journal.

Singer's repeated attempts to counter-nail Stephen failed miserably. At one point after saying that it is not okay with people having sex with animals because it's more fun to have sex with people, Singer actually had the audacity to equated Dr. Colbert with the likes of Ted Haggard and Mark Foley. Singer claimed that Stephen merely "seemed" to be against bestiality, but might be a closeted beastialitoholic. For shame sir.

[edit] Factoids

• Claims Ganesh might be a better, more compassionate god that the One True God
• Is vegetarian, but strangely OK with jar-raised pork loin
• Agrees with Stephen and our President that sometime you have to go to war
• Thinks terror chimps should have rights; laments their inability to fight back and would grant monkeys the right to vote. Apparently has never heard of a little planet called the Planet of The Apes

[edit] Books

• The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter
• The Inbetweeners' Guide to Cooking Flavorless Food