i don't want to judge anyone. but after i saw "meet you meat" on you tube my life has never been the same. i think anyone that watches this video and sees the torture that animals go through in slaughter houses will never eat meat if they have a conscious and aware mind. these animals did not come here to live in cages, be tortured and killed. if you see the video you will see the suffering, you will see the sad life these animals live. for what???for us, when we can eat so many other things. there are so many alternatives to meat today that i feel animals should be left torture free. can you imagine someone slicing your throat and leaving you there to bleed to death? just so that we could eat...no human needs meat to survive, that is a false statement. you will not die if you stop eating meat, guaranteed. there is so much myth. i think many humans are not ready to understand and that is okay it takes time. when slaves were allowed they were viewed as human property and they were viewed as less than us. i hope one day we will not view animals as less than us and killing an animal will be punishable by law. i don't care if buddha, jesus, or the holiest masters ate meat. they too were not perfect and we should not follow anyone blindly. follow your heart but open eyes, stop sugarcoding and making it alright to kill these poor creatures. they came here to live just like you, not to be on your plate. i think its heartless to do what we do. i too included. i swear to you i can not understand humans. how can we have a pet birds,pet fish, pet dogs, pet cats and love them so much but turn around and eat chicken. how would you feel if they killed your pet? i hope noone on this forum gets upset or takes this personal but i am writing this because i am confused. confused at how this world can be so cruel. animals in the wild may not have a choice but we do.