None of us our innocent Evan but yes I agree with you that we can lessen the suffering of others and that is our duty. I can only speak for myself, but if I am to eat meat, I prefer to harvest an animal humanely that has lived a free life, not knowing antibiotics, cages and pens or cattle prods, force fed in a crowded and foul feed lot, then herded into packed trucks to be unceremoniously processed in some slaughterhouse and consumed by indifferent people at some McDonalds. If more people had to take another life in order to eat meat, there would be many more vegans in this world.