Yes, people kill animals for food. Yes, people care about the well-being of those animals during the time they are alive and in their care. If you see a contra

Yes, people kill animals for food. Yes, people care about the well-being of those animals during the time they are alive and in their care. If you see a contradiction there, that's just you. I assume you are a "supermarket kid", like most of us here, and grew up away from the land, getting your meat from the invisible machinery of modern industrialized food production. Now you seem to have gone off eating meat, and apparently feel quite morally superior. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. From this position of inexperience and moral superiority, of course you are unable to process the nuanced emotions conveyed so skillfully by White. Unable to reconcile the essay with your black-and-white moralistic view of the world, you blame the author for lacking introspection. This is why you are sensing some disdain in the responses you are getting.