Hi, I am plagued by guilt.

As a meat eater, I am consciously aware of what I'm eating - a dead animal. There is this reasoning that animals are murdered "humanely", for instance, getting stunned before decapitation. Though they may not feel anything - apparently - their lives are still terminated for no reason but for our consumption and I find that so heinous. Veal, for example, is a baby cow. What if we ate human babies or puppies or kittens??

... for some reason I still eat meat.. vegetables taste great and all but if I try going vegetarian, I find myself eating animal. I'm not dedicated as much as other people but perhaps in the future I might be. Why exactly does anyone eat meat when there are substitutes for protein? Is it taste? Is your reasoning worth the destruction of a sentient being?

I've come to the realisation that it's hypocritical to react angrily to animal abuse/animal cruelty, being meat eaters knowing an animal was killed to feed us. I will still get upset hearing about a puppy being abused but as a meat eater I am a hypocrite.