I dream about slaughtering a cow and then eating the whole thing! Of course I don´t mean to torture the animal but to participate in the process of taking every single chunk of meat and, of course, eat them later. It would be as close to a communion with nature as any omnivore could dream of. Compassion, to me, does not apply to feeding. Animals kill their prays without compassion and, in most cases, their prays suffer more than when we killed them. We are animals and we feed from others as well. see more No place for morals. When you hit your dog with a newspaper because it did something wrong it doesn´t feel rancor to you, simply because it is an animal. I mean, we tend to imagine that animals feel and think the same way humans do. You cannot feel guilt for this. We cannot compare. But, since we do, what makes you think a piece of lettuce doesn´t feel asphyxiated when you tear if from the ground? I would say that it´s only beaause there is no expression as in an animal.
I believe the best we can do is to keep a natural balance. Do not abuse from any food source. Not all veggies, not all meat.
Yesterday somebody asked an open question to a group of friends in the beach: "What do we live for?" Some said the typical answer "to leave a legacy", and several other shades of this came up. The only thing I could think of was "to eat nice and tasteful things!" Yes, you could relate to the "last meal" before execution... So what!!
May you all have a good day and a better meal!!!
Regards,
Hernán