In your eyes you're more important, Ousted, but I don't think in general human's are any more important than any other living creature. I don't believe plants come in to the equation - they're not sentient beings. Humans are just lucky to have become the dominant species.. but that doesn't mean we're more important. More intelligent, maybe, but not more important. If intelligence is a sign of importance than, like Edgar said, why not eat retarded kids? If they're less important than why the fuck not?

Sounding silly yet?

Being a vegetarian is simply a lifestyle choice. I choose not to contribute to the slaughter and torture of animals for meat. You can make whatever claim you want about animals dying as a result of farming vegetables, but I can't help that.

But I can make a difference, or even just a statement, by doing the least I can do, which is to not eat meat.