DAN ROCKS FOR THE ANIMALS!

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	• Committed: A Rabble-Rouser's Memoir Dan Mathews Atria, 2008 - 272 pages average customer review:based on 25 reviews view larger image
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DAN ROCKS FOR THE ANIMALS!

Dan's book is a trip! From his lonely childhood to his liaisons with celebrities, Dan takes you to all kinds of interesting places in his writings. He has turned his passion for animal rights into a career, using his gift of gab and endearing charm to enlighten so many people to have more compassion for animals. This book is a must-read. It is entertaining and fun, full of positive and upbeat experiences. Real men are kind to animals, and in my book, Dan is the man!

Dan is AMAZING!

I started to read this book and couldn't put it down till I finished! I loved every chapter. Dan's amazing life has been so well lived and with such courage and conviction! I hope he writes another book down the road!

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Dan Mathews is hysterical

He tells the funniest stories and he's always upbeat. Even though PETA deals with very serious issues, Dan is positive, optimistic, and lighthearted. His book made me laugh so hard that my sides hurt.

DON'T BUY THIS BOOK!

You may want to wait for the CD because you'll be laugh-crying so hard that you won't be able to read through your tears!
Not only is this an absolutely hilarious read but it's also a prime example of the importance of following your heart despite any and all opposition.
I certainly learned a lot about the author, (perhaps a little more than I'd care to know), a good deal about the plight of farm animals, and some interesting insight into the reasoning behind Peta's outlandish stunts.
You don't need to be an animal-rights activist nor agree with Peta's motives and methods in order to gain some valuable life lessons from this book. If there's a storm, follow it; If you encounter a roadblock, go around it; and always pay heed to the voice in your head. (Unless, of course, you suffer from schizophrenia.)
Honestly, I haven't laughed so hard since Steve Irwin got poked in the ticker by a stingray.
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That's entertainment.

Like any committed vegetarian (vegan during the week, a little fish on weekends), I have the usual books on my shelf: the Bible of the movement, Peter's Singer's "Animal Liberation," of course; plus "The Way We Eat," "The Pig Who Sang to the Moon," "The Food Revolution," "The Gospel of Food," Animals Rights," in other words the kinds of literature that omnivores might pass right by as holier-than-thou bores. That's where Dan Mathews comes in. He believes that the only way to get the veggie message across is to be entertaining. Didn't tens of thousands gather at Woodstock to hear the rock singers at least as much as to listen to antiwar speakers?

To persuade people to avoid fur coats, Dan Mathews-the author of the book-was committed to jail for a short time for an anti-fur demonstration. He with a small group of young men and women demonstrated in Harvard Square virtually nude, passing out leaflets for the cause amid a flurry of gawkers and TV reporters, explaining later that the only way to get media coverage is to go over-the-top: "We'd rather go naked than wear fur." No-one is interested in a peaceful demonstration of people holding dull placards and passing out brochures.

Mathews , who is campaign chief for America's best-known vegetarian organization, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, has been openly gay since he was a kid, was picked up unmercifully-had rocks thrown at him and was beaten up regularly, thereby forming the basis of his theory that animals, like people, should be treated kindly. He has dressed regularly as a carrot, as a bunny, and has brought flair to what to thinking people should safely be called a civil rights movement, one for an oppressed group that does not speak the language of human beings and cannot therefore defend themselves.

Among the movies he touts, one scheduled for a 25th anniversary screening, is "The Animals Film," which pulls no punches in exposing the horrors concealed from the public within the meat-packing industry. His book, published in April 2007, is written clearly, can be read swiftly in a single sitting, and is a hip contribution to a most worthy cause.

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