i saw a t.v. program about how capitalism has influenced the food industry so much that these people with their own meat & poultry processing plants do terrible things to animals without batting an eyelash. i mean, people have to get fed. that's a fact. but don't just turn a blind eye to HOW kill and process these animals.
after i saw about 10 minutes of the program i barfed (ewww, probable TMI)... and then i didn't eat meat for 3/1/2 weeks. i didn't even miss it. looked up veganism and found healthy, yummy, nutritious food that made me forget why i had ever eaten meat in the first place.
but as someone said earlier in this post, sometimes we're all in a hurry and meat products and/or fast food is the easiest way.
i started eating meat again cause its fast and easy, and(since i'm cuban) ALL MY FAMILY EAT MEAT! heck, i LOVE a fat juicy steak. but i would never critizise someone who takes the vow of not partaking of meat products.
They are a better person than I.