Peace ... I most agree with you that we don't necessarilly require meat in our diet .. and you are certainly correct with the statement 'And not to the extent it is eaten in North America'. Being a vegetarian who falls off the wagon every now and then to savour the exquisite taste of a barbecued hamburger and Italian sausage I can attest to that.

We are humans and we have our 'wants' and we will go to all extents to acquire those 'wants' ... and in most cases the 'havenots' who have only the basic 'needs' at their exposer are the ones performing the harvesting.

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