Vegetarianism: is there a point?

By Sorrell Doherty

Do you ever get the feeling vegetarians feel morally superior?

"I can't eat meat," are possibly the four most depressing words you can hear in a restaurant with a group of people. When I hear these words my face contorts and I have to restrain myself from bursting into a twenty minute rant because I know it means we're going to spend the next four hours trudging around town in search of some restaurant that serves "friendly burgers". These ironically look, taste and smell like a regular burger, which a vegetarian will refuse to eat as it's either "murder" or "gross".

Though, if they're so gross, why do vegetarians go out of their way to eat something that resembles what they say they detest and morally stand against? I find it funny how a vegetarian will stop complaining about the "murder" aspect of meat as soon as you point out their fancy leather belt or shoes, or that they drive a car and use electricity. All these contribute to global warming and pollution, which pollutes everything on our Earth including their precious animals which they refuse to eat.

I know some people become a vegetarian because of dietary restrictions, which is fair enough. That can't be helped. Nonetheless, I find it hard to swallow that someone will become a vegetarian based on the fact they feel they're saving the world one animal at a time. The fact is, we breed animals to eat. If we didn't eat them, they wouldn't get bred, hence making it completely illogical to not eat meat to save animals.

I don't eat pandas, polar bears or orangutans. However, when an animal has been bred, raised and slaughtered in England, by local farmers and producers, I don't see anything wrong with eating it.

I live for the day when I can go to a restaurant and order a steak without being grilled by a herd of vegetarians, insisting what I'm eating is wrong and immoral. These are my reasons why I would happily lock up all the veggies and throw the key on the BBQ.