I feel no need at all to quantify the exact amount of meat you should eat, Homeless, although MMario's mother seems to have a reasonable suggestion.

If you thought I was "shaking my finger" at you as a carnivore, you probably *do* need to cut down on that read meat just a little bit.

My intention was to offer some constructive criticism to the vegetarian camp, while granting some of their most valid and obvious arguments. My point was that complete elimination of meat from the human diet is neither healthy nor is it ever likely to happen, even granting that overindulgence in meat is no good for society, for the environment, nor even for the individual consumer.

If the human community is clear-cutting rain forests to raise beef cattles for fast-food industry, something obviously ain't right with the world. And TV advertising has brought you to the point where the *only* thing you can think of to eat when you're hungry is a burger or a steak, perhaps you need to reducate yourself and your palate.