[snip] In fact, I'll bet that animal rights activists are far more active in the human rights movement than the typical American who chows down on hamburgers, watches sitcoms on TV, and doesn't get involved in anything more controversial than arguments over who's going to win the Superbowl.
Referring to "The United States" and "Americans" is a bad habit of mine when talking about issues which transcend my own country. I'll rephrase the above by saying that I'm willing to bet that animal rights activists the world over are more active in human rights than the average person.
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