text: if u try to fail and succeed,what have u done? can vegetarians eat animal crackers? why do they sterilize needles for lethal injections? first question, simply put you have succeeded at failing. it would still be a failure to those around you but you could silently applaud yourself for a job well failed. second i know a vegetarian that won't eat them just because they are called "animal" crackers, her sister is a vegan and won't eat them because most are made with egg or milk product. i would look at the ingredients and if they have animal byproducts that you won't eat then don't buy em..unless thier for me... because i will bite all thier little heads off and then eat a steak...  now this third one is a little different. you ask why they would sterilize them and i asked my mother who is a nurse what she thought about it.. she simply put me in this situation. " if your about to give lethal drugs to someone and let's say you used a dirty needle." i said "yeah...so", "and what happens if you slip and the needle goes into your arm?" i said "it would never happen, but yeah good point." so i would have to say that if you are using a needle, even if it's not for your arm... you wouldn't want to be on the wrong end of something that isn't sterilized. trust me it's not for the safety of the inmate about to be put down.... it's for the safety of the nurse givin the shot.  hope this clarifies anything your still asking yourself. thanks for letting me respond.