In regards to eating meat

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Declining an opportunity for compassion is the same - depolarizing - whether it's to humans or to animals.

Thank you for your honesty.

Is there any chance you would ever see eating meat as compassionate? Because I see it as part of a compassionate life. I have tried to articulate why, but when I do I seem to become the topic of conversation rather than the points I'm trying to make.

If you think about your position, you might see why some participants in this thread have felt judged. If it's considered depolarizing to eat meat, and if the goal here is to polarize, then those who eat meat are by definition doing something... if not wrong, then certainly, shall we say, not helpful.

That's why, I think, a lot of the dialog in this thread has followed the form "It's OK to eat meat because X" "No it's not because Y." "Yes it is because Z." And then, a few pages later, back to X. You seem to know, deep in your bones, that eating meat is not good. I feel similarly strongly that it can be good. It's hard to see how to bridge the gap.