[jeff3]

IMO, the trend toward veganism is out of guilt.

The average person, in the USA at least, is so far removed from the food chain that they have no comprehension of what it takes to feed the many mouths in this world. Some people just think the food comes from the grocery store and have no idea how the process works, so when PETA or some other group puts together a bunch of clips from the worst of the worst farms and uploads it to Youtube they all think that is what every farm in the world is like and they are made to feel guilty about eating meat, which is the aim of the films. This is pure propaganda meant to shock and guilt people into seeing the world through PETA colored glasses.

People no longer are exposed to raising their own animals or actually killing something to eat, as they were less than 100 years ago, so now, when they witness this or really stop and consider it, it seems foreign and wrong, but nothing has changed, except they pay someone else to do the processing and this separation from the process has caused people to become squeamish simply by lack of exposure to the process.

I'm sure most would consider childbirth "gross" too and would like to sanitize it somehow so their sensibilities aren't offended, maybe they could have digital children, and while we are at it, let's outlaw bowell movements, how disgusting they are.