Christopher Cox considers himself a vegan as he eats no meat,
dairy or eggs. But he does love a plate of cold oysters.
He puts up a fairly convincing argument on Slate.com that both in
terms of its environmental impact and its own physiology, an oyster
is as ethical a food item as a vegetable. As you would expect
there has been some lively discussion (including a lot of
science) following the article.
