A question that is a bit off topic but cogent is this: WHY is Greenpeace not protesting factory farms or slaughter houses?

That is a serious question--not one meant to have vegans and seal hunters at each other's throats. It would seem to me that if this issue really is one about cruelty, then perhaps the question needs to be answered. (And no, I do NOT expect LEJ--who is a good guy, btw--to have the answer. Nor do I expect he should bear the burden of defending Greenpeace's 'protest' policies.)