Originally Posted by EvilChuck

No is the simple answer, eating meat is not murder. It is merely us (us being the human species in general) maintaining our place on top of the food chain.

However, our treatment of animals that we use for food is at times disgusting quite frankly. We are no longer hunting for food, we are breeding for food which is highly unethical in reality. We would never force a woman to get pregnant and give birth to a child just so that we could harvest its organs for treatment of other people, but we do force animals to give birth to children that we then mistreat, just for our own wants (not needs, you can get nutrients that meat offers from other sources).

I am however a massive hypocrite on this subject. I am one of the people who loves eating meat, and despite knowing about what some animals go through before they become what is on my plate, I dont check for details on whether they were raised well or whether they lived a terrible existence.

If I am completely honest, if it wasnt for the fact that meat products are so readily available and I had to hunt myself, I'd most likely be a vegetarian.