I like everything I've heard and read about Nathan Winograd so far, however, he does say he's an animal rights activist.

I thought I knew the philosophical mind-set of animal rights activists, but now, after doing more reading beyond HSUS and PETA websites, I'm not so sure. I believed HSUS, PETA, and other radical animal rights organizations truly represented the AR movement, but now I'm beginning to believe that those folks just give animal rights a bad name (I'm still opposed to assigning the same rights to animals as for humans, though. Just the ridiculous notion that I could be arrested and jailed for accidentally running over a turtle on the road (careless driving, negligent homicide, leaving the scene of an accident, etc.) is enough to convince me that giving animals human rights is going too far. Not to mention that the courts are already overflowing with litigation.).

What I'd like to know is what animal rights means, so I emailed Nathan Winograd, who is a lawyer, to get his viewpoint. The response I got was that, as he is touring, he is not able to personally answer my question, however, the response said the topic of animal rights was covered in an essay in his latest book, "Irreconcilable Differences". If anyone has that book, could you please let me know the gist of what Winograd has to say?

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