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You're underestimating how seriously many of us have taken our decisions to be meat eaters. All the animal suffering is not something I take that lightly.
I for one seriously like bacon. Mmm. Crispy, salty, fatty deliciousness.
Me too, but I am a vegetarian anyhow, since the age of 13. I'll get back to bacon once in vitro meat is becoming commercially obtainable.
Indeed. I prefer organic free range as much for its effect on my own health as for the ethical issues of how animals should be treated.
Some meat eaters (unfortunately I'm not one of them, as I can't always afford free range) are responsible for less animal cruelty than many vegetarians. The state of typical egg farms is horrible.
This is really off-topic, but I just wanted to say I agree with your comments about eggs. Indeed, according to Alan Dawrst's estimates, consumption of eggs produces much more suffering than does consumption of any animal product other than fish.
That said, the main objection I have against consuming such products is not the suffering caused by consumption, but the promotion of the meme that non-human animal suffering doesn't matter, or matters less, than human suffering does. I believe this is also Alan's position.