Why I am not a vegan

[Monica]

There are compassionate ways to go about a diet with meats given time and resources, blessing and thanking the being aside, ulnfortunestely it's not possible for the average citizen of the world.

Native peoples such as the Native Americans gave thanks as they killed the weakest animal in the herd. They had to, for survival. People living in modern societies don't need to kill for survival. Therefore it's UNnecessary. So regardless of how much the 'compassion' the farmer/rancher has for that cow he is about to kill, the bottom line is that he isn't killing her out of need, but for taste and/or profit. To say that he can 'compassionately' kill that cow is like saying a murderer can 'compassionately' kill a human victim, just because he didn't torture her first. The end result is the same: The killer killed a being who didn't want to die, and he did it to satisfy his own desires, at the expense of the victim.

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