[eadmund]

> Of course factory farming is an aggravating factor for the spread of diseases. Of course we can thrive with less meat consumption or none.

Of course, life with less meat consumption has a lower quality, and life with no meat consumption is utter misery.

Cities are an aggravating factor for the spread of disease, but I’d hardly argue that they should all be dissolved: the benefits are worth the costs. Likewise with meat. Eating meat fulfills one aspect of our natures as humans; a life without meat is thus a less humane life. No thanks.