Lizzy Borden Guitarist On Hunger Strike in Jail
Lizzy Borden guitarist Ira Black (above) is a vegan. He is also now a convict (in jail for unpaid fines). The two don’t mesh especially when it comes to Black’s special meatless diet. So Black is on a hunger strike to protest the lack of menu at Los Angeles County Jail.
But the jail must slap some mashed potatoes on Ira’s plate in mess hall, no? … Oh, wait, that sorta mush probably has butter and eggs mixed in it, and that’s a vegan no-no.
Not many vegans in jail, I assume. If only more of them got arrested then perhaps L.A. County Jail would include it in their budget next year.
Ira makes it clear: “If I can just get the word out so that people will start calling the jail, there can be some changes made. I want people to know how legitimate and sincere veganism and vegetarianism is and this is a serious human-rights issue, I’m not just trying to manipulate the system.’
Ira has also contacted other musicians, local media and PETA to get more of a protest going. Go to Inmate Information Center if you feel strongly about this. You never know. You may be a vegan and get arrested some day.
Life’s little odditites: a guitarist in a metal band whose horror themes are based on a deranged serial killer is a sensitive vegan serving time in jail.
If you can figure that one out, perhaps you can figure how to get vegan food served in jails accross America.
January 11, 2009 at 1:42 pm
let him starve…
January 12, 2009 at 4:42 pm
This is unbelievable!! A vegan metal-head? Makes you pine for the days when they had to bite-off the head of a bat to get attention.
January 19, 2009 at 5:59 pm
I am the organizer of the Veggie Pride Parade, NYC. Click on the Web link… We’d like to have Ira Black at our post parade rally in Greenwich Village. Next parade: May 17, 2009.
February 12, 2009 at 8:47 am
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