Cracker, your point is well taken.I know it can be irritating when some people are so judgemental. However we cant group all animal activists together. I have friends that choose to be vegan ( no animal products at all). They own no leather shoes, ingest or otherwise use no animal products, and most spend a good majority of their time fighting for initiatives, or other activities relating to their cause. They are not out there on the river with us or up in the mountains smoking dope. They spend their weekends fighting for something that they believe in. I disagree with them in that I choose to eat meat ( not as much as in the past however) but I still respect them. I have attempted veganism to see what it is like. it is very hard to resist milk, fish, even a hershey bar. Try it for 3 days, and you will see how difficult it is.
And if you think that they are all vegan or vegetarian because they just want to keep all the animals alive. You are incorrect. Go check out some of our streams that are eroded and full of cow manure because of cattle. Or visit an industrialized chicken farm. Take a look at the by products and you might eat a little less steak or chicken too.