{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"HappyCow","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog","author_name":"John Edmundson","author_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/author\/johnnysensible\/","title":"Satire, Thinking And Literature - 'Vegans' From 200 Years Ago - HappyCow","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"EZcsuS05z9\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/vegan-satire\/\">Satire, Thinking And Literature &#8211; &#8216;Vegans&#8217; From 200 Years Ago<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/vegan-satire\/embed\/#?secret=EZcsuS05z9\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Satire, Thinking And Literature &#8211; &#8216;Vegans&#8217; From 200 Years Ago&#8221; &#8212; HappyCow\" data-secret=\"EZcsuS05z9\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Triumphal-Procession-mini.jpg","thumbnail_width":580,"thumbnail_height":200,"description":"Note &#8211; we use &#8216;vegan&#8217; and &#8216;vegans&#8217; in inverted commas here, because we are discussing a period long before the word vegan came into existence. Even the word vegetarian was not yet in use. Pythagorean &amp; Vegetable Eater \/ Eating\u00a0&#8211; these were the commonly used terms. &#8230;&#8230; Our\u00a0history is rich indeed. Circa 200 years ago in the UK &#8211; There had recently been a &#8216;vegan&#8217; (or close to vegan) Sheriff of London &#8211; Sir Richard Phillips. At potlucks you might\u00a0have got\u00a0to sit &amp; chat with\u00a0the Shelleys. We love the genius of\u00a0Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,\u00a0thinking up\u00a0the &#8216;vegan&#8217; monster\u00a0of\u00a0Victor Frankenstein. &#8230;&#8230;&#8217;vegans&#8217; were being &#8216;ribbed&#8217; by carnists. This 208 years old print is in our Ernest Bell Library. It &#8216;links&#8217; us to\u00a0these great thinkers, who were both humanitarians, and\u00a0very often\u00a0vegetarians,\u00a0&#8230;&#8230;apparently coming\u00a0close to\u00a0what we now call veganism. All discussed more below&#8230;&#8230; TRIUMPHAL PROCESSION OF THE HOG IN ARMOUR. The Print Explained Sir Richard Phillips was being satirized in a drawing by Samuel de Wilde, which had been commissioned &amp; published by Samuel Tipper. Sir Richard Phillips was a\u00a0recently knighted Sheriff of London and also a publisher. Here he is shown as the hog being carried by some of his hack writers. Phillips had been attacked [&hellip;]"}