It's a personal choice, based on personal moral values. I don't eat meat. Haven't in over a decade. Don't care what other people do. That's their choice to make. This is what I feel comfortable with. To me, if killing is wrong, then killing animals is too. But the world isn't black and white and right and wrong are relative. So it's a personal choice to make and people often swing back and forth, like oryx did. Oryx, you're right, some people don't have a choice, like if they live where vegetables are harder to get than meat and meat is cheaper at the end of the day. I don't feel sorry for people who don't eat meat though. Veggie food can be quite tasty! I do feel sorry for people with no food to eat. Well, that's where I stand on this issue at this point in my life.