Any Vegetarians/Vegans here?

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I agree that animals do suffer, and there is research on it. Animal do not have the same rage of emotions that we do and they don't waste time thinking about what happened in the past and don't think about the future. They see the present. They don't feel guilt.

You can cry about every poor hurting animals all you want. You can even protest against that nature of death buy being a vegan. I don't really care.
I do care about animals, that's why I learn about them. Animals die. If you don't eat the meat someone or something else will. It is a fact of life. It is in nature for death to occur. We have been killing animals for food for billions of years. I do not approve of abusing the animal for fun(we are not cats), but I do see it as acceptable to kill an animal with the intention of eating it. It's not enjoyable, death never is, but it is acceptable as a fact of life. Everything dies.

What is the difference from killing an animal and letting that body go to waste,and animal suffering to death and the body going to waste(aside from the scavengers), or killing the animal and using it for nutrients?

The difference would be that in not having billions of livestock, those animals would never exist at all. That degree of suffering wouldn't exist at all, as it exists exclusively through our deliberate actions as a species.

Obviously, I'd prefer animals weren't eaten. However, I think the gluttony of meat-eating, especially in the US, constitutes a disrespect both to the animals and to common sense. If you're underweight and poor, and the best protein source you have access to is a yak you come across in the mountain, then fair game. But how many underweight people have you met in the US? Not too many. And yet 300 lb hippos are scarfing down Big Macs or pork cutlets 3 times a day, becoming a burden to themselves, their families, and the society that has to provide health care to them. And they expect animals to exist, suffer and die to sustain them in this life style.

People talk about how special people are, but you'd have to look hard to find a monkey that dysfunctional.

You do have a point about the 300 lb "hippos", but I have seen many starving Americans also.

So what do you expect us to do with all the livestock we have now? Send them over sea with the overpopulation of horses, so the other country's can eat them? Or just let them starve to death because farmers won't be able to afford to feed them, let alone able to feed their families?