So, I just had to put my cat down today. It hurts, Moosh was a good boy, but he was sick and had been sick for a long time. It is better for everyone. Few dispute that there comes a time when animals need to be put down, but a vocal minority have a big problem with killing animals for food. This usually centers around their concerns surrounding death and suffering. They equate death and suffering, but they are totally different things, as evidenced by my unpleasant chore today.
First, I want to say, vegetarianism is great and probably pretty healthy for adults. I am not dissing your lifestyle, if this is what you choose. Nor am I saying that empathy is a bad thing. It is what makes us good humans, but we need to put rationality before emotion.
Eating meat, in and of itself, isn’t bad, from a moral stand point, right? I mean, can the most stalwart vegan complain if one eats the meat of an animal that died naturally? I would think not. Death, is something that all...