I guess in the end it's always a personal choice, another one of those nice human advantages. But it's not unnatural to eat meat, as long as thats clear. It's not 'totaly' a survival issue either, but it's an option you have as a human being. I personaly don't like to let human emotion such as 'sympathy for the animal you're eating' get in the way of a nice juicy hamburger. If the universe doesn't want me to do something, then I'm sure I wouldn't be able to do it in the first place. Thats what I think of it.

The worst thing about eating meat is the way some animals are raised. They should all be free range and be happy in their short lives. Chickens now grown so fast that what you eat is actually a deformed chick. Those are not hens you buy in the shop. And those black marks on their knees? ammonia burns. Their legs cannot support their weight, they grow so fast, and they end up kneeling in their own waste.

Support free range products to end the abuse.

The trick is to not think about their past suffering as you suck down their delicious flesh.

Unless you don't care.

Yes, well...

I wanna get a couple of things straight.
I'm not a vegetarian, I just took the side with the least representation in this thread.

I do not go out at night with a spatula and scrape dead animals off of the road.
1 I make my brother get the pheasant.
2 They are never flat. Usually the car just breaks their neck and they died quickly, knocked to the side of the road. They are too slow and stupid to get out of way. If any part is squashed, forget it.
3 They are not there for days. Pretty quickly scavengers will beat me to it, so you can be sure that it is fresh, unless the bird is surrounded by flat foxes.

Tips for those who might be presuaded to do the same, an unlikely situation, but hey, this is Oddworld Forums.

Check that the bird is dead when you put it in your car, and not stunned. You do not want it to wake up in your car or house, believe me.

Make sure the gut is not ruptured, or the meat will be contaminated and deadly to eat.

Happy scraping!

It's just the thought that's disgusting. All though I'm sure where the meat we get at the market is killed isn't very sanitary either.

Yeah, pheasants are a real pain when driving. It's not that they're slow, it's that they actually wait until you're really close to run across the road in front of you. It's horrible now that it's breeding season.

Perhaps I could suggest we stop and pick up any we pass, but frankly I'm trying to reduce the meat I eat, not find new sources.

I was talking from an ethical standpoint, rather than any practical concept.

That wasn't even directed at you. Whatever.