Gravy train

You've heard of the German cannibal who butchered and consumed most of a willing victim. Now People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the anti-carnivore organization with the flair for attention-getting public demonstrations, has gotten in on the act. Weighing in on the anti-cannibalism side, they have sent the admitted man-eater a vegetarian cookbook.

"What this man did to a German computer expert is done to other creatures every day," a PETA spokesman explained. "The cruel scenario of slaughtering, cutting up, portioning, freezing and eating of body parts," the actions taken by Meiwes against his human victim, "is the grim reality for more than 450 million sentient individuals (animals) that are killed in (Germany) every year."

By the way, the guy wants a book deal.