I see no moral dilemma in eating meat, even if one considers animals to be sentient and intelligent. I see plenty of moral dilemmas in the infrastructure we hav

I see no moral dilemma in eating meat, even if one considers animals to be sentient and intelligent. I see plenty of moral dilemmas in the infrastructure we have developed to provide meat to the masses. I (like everyone else) am not a 100% morally good being, and I still eat meat even knowing the horrors that happen in meat processing facilities. We are part of nature, no matter how much we try to elevate ourselves above it. I don't feel sad when a powerful predator consumes a small prey, as it is the way of nature. Also, consider the possibility that plant life also has sensation and subjective experience, that is wildly different from anything we could actually understand as such. Wouldn't it be equally as immoral to take that life, if we presume that it is morally repugnant to merely eat meat in and of itself, due to taking the life of a conscious, potentially sentient being? Life is life, right? Also, consider that not everyone can actually eat vegetables. I find the majority of vegetables to be instantly and extremely repugnant. As in, the only time that elapses is the time for the signals to make their way from my tongue and nose to my brain. This is not by choice, as when I was smaller I would happily eat most vegetables. This was something that changed in me at some point for which I have no explanation as to why. Perhaps the Ritalin I took for a few years affected me in an unexpected way? I have no idea.