Seabass wrote:

Strontium Dog wrote:
reasons for eating meat are no superior to a hunter's reasons for killing lions.

I'm a meat-eater, and I totally agree with you. I eat animals, not because I need to, but because it gives me pleasure. For me to try to claim moral high ground over this lion hunter would be completely ridiculous and hypocritical.

I actually tried to go vegetarian in my early twenties and managed to abstain from meat consumption for a little over a year, but I eventually ran out willpower, unfortunately. It ain't easy being vegan when you're surrounded by people eating delicious steaks and meaty burritos in front of you.

I shudder to think of all the animals that have died in my lifetime merely to satisfy my taste buds. It's a genuine source of shame and self-loathing, when I really think about it. Fortunately, I manage to not think about it very often, but I'm not going to try to justify it with weird, moral mental gymnastics.