Food magazine editor resigns after joking about "killing vegans, one by one".

William Sitwell, editor of UK grocery chain Waitrose's in-house magazine, has resigned after calling for the killing of vegans. He was responding sarcastically to a pitch from freelance writer Selene Nelson, and Nelson collapsed his context.
Nelson, who writes about food and travel, had suggested ideas on 'healthy, eco-friendly meals' as 'popularity of the movement is likely to continue to skyrocket'.
Sitwell had emailed back 10 minutes later, saying: 'Thanks for this. How about a series on killing vegans, one by one. Ways to trap them? How to interrogate them properly? Expose their hypocrisy? Force-feed them meat?' He also suggested making them eat steak and drink red wine, with Nelson responding: 'I'm certainly interested in exploring why just the mention of veganism seems to make some people so hostile'.
Waitrose is a very British institution: superficially upscale but with plenty of cheap stuff lurking in the aisles to help middle-class snobs keep up appearances.
It's no wonder an editor of its food magazine would let slip some jocular contempt for specialized cuisine or minority tastes – or that he'd have no idea that he is in fact the easy meat.