As for the vegetarians/vegans – the death of one single animal (i.e. cow or pig) can feed a family for a long time. Compare that to the dozens of various animals that inadvertantly die during the machine harvesting of grains, vegetables, and fruits – squirrels, mice, birds, snakes, etc. In fact, soy farming in Brazil on land that was formerly rainforest very well might lead to the extinction of some species. It could therefore be argued that a vegetarian causes more suffering in the world than a pure carnivore. That’s not even counting that I can eat a locally raised (and coddled) animal fed nothing but grass, whereas these days most grains are fertilizer(petroleum)-reliant and have to make numerous stops at refineries/packaging plants (more petroleum) before being shipped across the world (more petroleum) to get in my mouth. And it gets better – soy and most grains are chockful of anti-nutrients that play a big role in many autoimmune diseases! Yippee!! Bad for my health AND the environment – vegetarianism is such a lose-lose proposition it boggles the mind.

(for those who would dare say meat is bad for you, there has never ever been so much as one single scientific study that has shown that saturated fat/cholesterol/meat is unhealthy. although its probably the case that factory farmed meat ain’t that great due to the unnatural grain diet fed those poor animals)