[CoffeeSaint]

Forgive me if I am hopping into an argument with a point that has already been raised, but if the issue is the ethics of factory farming (the lack of ethics, rather) why not suggest that people buy meat from companies or farms that kill humanely? If the issue is health concerns, all I can say is, HA! I smoke, and I eat meat. Guess which one's going to kill me first. I don't think it's the meat, which makes me think that the desire to argue against eating meat because people would be healthier without it is a bit hollow -- let alone Aeris's point about people who do need to eat meat to get a reasonable amount of protein, or what have you.