I am responding to your various postings almost a month later, but here it goes:Excuses are for people who aren't willing to look at the truth about the actions they take. That's it.
Killing is killing. That's it. If you participate in a killing, you are a killer. If you buy or consume products that are a result of killing, then you are endorsing that killing, indeed, you are funding killing -- you are creating a market for killing. That's it. No excuses.
What's the problem then? No matter how you rationalize it, it is still what it is: action that endorses killing. If your religion, whatever it is, abhors killing, then you are violating your religion if you participate / endorse killing. I don't care which religion it is. But then again, what is religion really?
If you believe in the Golden Rule, which most religions adhere to, why would you do unto another that which you would not want to have done to you? (i.e. kill another being or endorse that killing).
Stop lying to yourself. "Oh, we'll never be able to stop people from killing animals for food". Yeah, that's right, as long as you continue to eat meat. You only have yourself to answer for. If you live a righteous life then you can be an example for others. If you make excuses for your behavior, then you do not live an honest life.
One thing is definite. You are being dishonest when you make excuses. We all know killing is wrong (in almost 99.999% of cases). People have to come up with elaborate excuses and theories about other species just to outrun their own guilty consciences (i.e. "animals don't have souls" or whatever your justification du jour is).
Here's a clue: If somebody has to argue their point that emphatically, they themselves know there's something wrong with their position.
