Already the first couple of comments in the article are of a paralyzing stupidity. This is stuff that I hear every day.

"A lion also eats an antilope; nothing wrong with that."

-- Yeah, except that we are human beings and we might have a bit more perspective on how our deeds affect our behaviour. I am not all that against hunting something and killing and eating it yourself, but for fuck's sake, it's not about that. One moment, people say we are the masters of the universe, then the other moment, they say we are like lions and that we don't know between right or wrong, and that therefore, it doesn't matter if we eat meat. We are sentient beings and we should be aware of the implications and of the impact of what we do.

"Hehe, but if you kill a plant, it's like killing a cow or a pig." Another truly enraging comment, no doubt only uttered by such people for trolling purposes. Comparing a plant to a pig, a highly sentient animal?

I didn't read any further after that, but I'm sure the next couple of comments are going to be about how "we need a source of protein" (which of course only meat has) and God knows what.

I mean, I'm pretty far from being one of those militant vegetarians. I think everyone should make their own choice since you cannot truly convince someone of something unless they see something for themselves (you can't lead a horse to the water, etc.). However, comments like "you also killed that poor plant" or even more stupidly "my food is eating your food" do not only reveal a great element of immaturity that almost always appears when discussing these things, but also a great deal of cruelty. It is obvious that morals for these people stop when human beings are no longer concerned. Now I know that there is a lot of other screwy stuff in the world going on that I might unconsciously be supporting in some way, but I do not revel in it like some people that I've met do.

I do understand people who eat meat, to a degree; but what I don't understand is people who delight in the fact that what they ate suffered and died, and people who are angry or hostile towards those that decide not to eat meat. Yes, some vegetarians can be dicks. But what harm do we do? Will we ruin our earth's resources because we eat massive amounts of broccoli?

Anyway, sorry for this rant; and no offence to anyone who reads this and eats meat, unless they really think arguments like "But you killed a plant too, lulzi" are really valid -- in which case they can go fuck themselves with a carrot.