Reply #41: I bow down before the mighty vegetarian...

[Devils Advocate NZ]

I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy!

By the way, Vitamin B-12 can only be found in meat, or in biosynthesised supplements taken directly or in fortified (ie unnatural) cereals. Vitamin B-12 is essential to the human body, and it's only natural source is meat, therefore the human body DOES require meat.

Also, "where necessary" means that not all farms treat their animals inhumanely, unless you believe that the act of killing, no matter how it is carried out, is inhumane. If that is the case, then I agree that I am not the same kind of animal rights activist as you. However, I am sure you don't go around demanding that predators be prevented from killing and eating their prey, so I would not be wrong to suggest that you are hypocritical if you say that I as a human who needs meat to survive, am NOT allowed to kill animals to gain that meat, but cats, eagles and all the other carnivorous animals are.