Many backpackers (and hippies) recall TVP (Textured Vegetable Protein) from back in the 1970s. For backpackers it represented a lightweight protein source that did not require refrigeration. For hippies who happened to be vegetarians it was a non-meat source of protein. Either way it fulfilled a need. Nowadays there is renewed interest in non-meat sources of protein and the emphasis has been on protein sources which taste as much like meat as possible. A wide variety of products are now available and some of them are not too bad and some are complete failures. While freedom of choice is a good thing and this proliferation of meat alternatives provides a greater number of options to people who are interested in non-meat sources of protein, there are those who would like to coerce others into giving up meat altogether. It is to those authoritarian types that this song is directed.