We eat meat for a very good reason; it’s easier than gathering foliage.

Animal meat is much more dense in calorie energy, and more convenient when they are domesticated.

Like it or not, society would not exist in it’s current form if we hadn’t mastered the skill of animal domestication. And that includes using animals as food sources.

Do I support cruel & inhumane treatment of our food animals? No. Am I going to lose sleep at night because it happens? No.

There are a LOT of things more important in the world than how poor Betsy is treated when she goes into the slaughterhouse. I’m going to focus my efforts and concern on more important problems (like the fact that millions of people don’t even have the luxury of choosing to be vegetarians, because all food sources are scarce in their area, and they’d happily eat ‘rotting, decomposing flesh’ ) before I worry about whether or not Wilbur was treated kindly before he became my afternoon BLT.

And to whoever made the comment about ‘decomposing flesh’... seriously, plant matter decomposes as well, so unless you’re eating your tomatoes and lettuce straight from the plant while it’s still attached to the ground, you’re eating decomposing plant matter. Yummy, compost is good for lunch.