I'm not gonna hide the fact that I'm a vegetarian, and neither am I gonna hide the fact that I certainly like the taste of meat, and least of all am I gonna hide the fact that I have no problem with people choosing to eat meat, BUT I do have a problem with people not actively choosing, because the don't know what they actually are choosing.
I'll start with me: why the hell would I skipp meat even though I actually loved eating it?
Well because I certainly love the planet I'm walking on more than the sensation of taste.
Now I'm not saying that vegetarian food is tasteless, it just requiers a hell of a lot more work to be as good as meat or better.
So what do I mean by my reason?
This is gonna be long, but if you wanna stand up for your choice of either diet you shoud know the basics of it:
The meat industry is vast, this most people know. for meat we need animals, animals need to eat, just as we do, and these animals eat crops. If you have had a basic course in biology you know that if this 'example cow' eats these crops 10 people could have eaten the energy you get out of eating the meat will sate the need for 1 person, first party consumer > second party consumer > third party consumer, and so on and so forth, for each party less energy will be given.
This will cause a huge impact on for example enviorment because of the energy needed for growing crops, transporting crops, processing them to fodder, and finally all this energy gets lost in the belly of a creature we no longe need to eat and more energy goes to killing it, processing the meat and finally transporting that too.
And aside from that the current situation in modern society is that we on top of that eat waaaaaaaay too much meat than what is healthy for us, and the widely known fact that the money saving process of actually handling these animals are horrific and inhumane causing these still very feeling creatures alot of unecessary pain and terror that a lion or other predetor never could cause these animals.
So here it is:
Is it good for us humans?: at this current rate of meat consumption, no
Is it good for nature: no, the resources required for this industry taxes this planet beyond that it will be able to handle
Is it good for the animals?: no, these creatures do not have human feelings but terror and panic is very instinctive feelings every animal in our current industry is capable of feeling.
The only good thing meat has going for it is that it tastes good.
As for the slightly touched object of animal testing, ofc human life has to go in favour of the animal, but then it is more about saving lives, eating meat is not.
Besides animals breed for scientific purposes ar some of the most well treated animals in human society aside from our pets
Natrually we weren't made for todays modern world but, we were meant for hunting with our hands, to withstanding all kinds of elements without the comfort of preheated houses, the handicapped were supposed to die so they could not breed.
Even during the time when this was true for humans, meat was actually a rarity.
Today none of has to be true for any human, modern days allow us to live culinarily fullfilling lives, not having to prey on the meat of other animals.
For me, and that doesent necissarily mean you as well, meat is not a stable alternative.
Though I see no point in hating people who eat meat, because I can see why you choose to, meat is very very tastey and require very little preperation to be so. Like I can understand people who doesn't exercise and so on and so forth, comfort is a very hard thing to give up.
Trust me, I've tried to quit candy all together and I just can't, thought it would be like meat, but for me that challenge is different.
Whether you can or even want to quit meat is up to you and I do not judge your choice, but I want people to truly know their choice.
It is only when a human chooses what he will or will not do that it actually matters, a forced upon opinon will easily just fall for another.
But if people don't start to make more stable choices, the human race will see some rather dire consequenses, but that's what it's like with choices, you make them and take the consequenses that follow.
