this one time at Valley Forge Christian
college rural Philadelphia
fundamentalist I had a lot of success
there over the years it ended up not
working out six or seven years later but
for about in six years I rocked that
place and they were wonderful this is
why even though religious people are the
toughest group they are still reachable
they're just tougher than most people so
one of my finest moments was and it was
like my first or second time their
speech went gray they listened
like most crowds do the majority of the
time and they ask questions and they
kind of got off track
I brought them back they were with me
that I lost them so there's one out in
like three or four times where I had
them then somebody brought up a
scripture that was horrible then I had
to counter it with my scripture to bring
him back but it went back and forth that
scripture game so they were just getting
loud and rowdy it was becoming a Jerry
Springer Show so I walked up to the
front of the crowd and put my hands up
like this and I know I could be dramatic
but I'm also doing this because I am
literally channeling everything inside
of me to pounce and attack and make the
case for animal liberation I'm like a
UFC fighter about to put the submission
hold on about that put you to sleep
break your arm I'm making the case and I
snip there from about 45 to 60 seconds I
heard them in the background even though
I'm preparing everything and this is off
the cuff complete improv and I hear them
start talking what's he doing
why is he update like that what the hell
is going on I hear all the rumblings but
I'm doing it I'm standing there like
this until they all stop finally stop
and for him two to three minutes
straight without taking a breath at the
top of my lungs I kid you not
fiercely screaming but perfectly with
precision hmm like a surgeon I brought
up every evil thing that I could think
of that we done to the end and I
practiced each point by saying if God
condones the enslavement and the
chaining of elephants in the circus if
God condones letting dogs on fire from
burn research if God condones and then
on and on and torturing Bulls in the
rodeo slaughterhouses and hanging
animals upside down then what does the
devil do and that moment even shocked me
again it was off the cuff I didn't even
really know where I was going with that
but when you fight for the side of
justice you always end up at the right
spot so I'm completely confident every
time I get into a moment if I just
follow logic I'm gonna have the right
answer at the end so as soon as I
stopped after I said that
you can feel the epiphany in the room
wasn't complete around 40 students it's
half and half the professor bruce moreno
walks up he's he saw it was good not
crazy
he said everybody give a round of
applause to mr. oski a little heat
oh we shed some light on the darkness
I'll never forget that and around 20
students half the crowd came up to me
and since something like this I'm a good
Christian I'm gonna be vegan I'm sorry
I'm a good Christian I didn't realize
what was going on oh my god I'm a good
Christian
I'm totally gonna give this I'm a good
Christian I'm going to now I can only
assume logically that the other twenty
that didn't come up make it his left
didn't get it unfortunately I can't
reach everybody
with logic love doesn't always conquer
hate
and from that moment on I wanted to know
what else happen at the animals I
thought I cared about because I had a
dog because I loved my dog
bourbon and my dog brandy all of a
sudden that meant I loved and cared for
all animals nonsense