1. Animal Rights activists understand this is a long term process, so we don't assume that a law will be passed to free animals over night. If by some magical occurrence this did happen, the faith of these animals would be much less cruel than what was ultimately going to happen to them- a certain death. By giving them freedom, we save them from a life of no choice. You were talking a lot about wanting a choice when it comes to eating meat, which is very hypocritical because your ability to have a choice directly discontinues another living beings access to freedom of choice, instead puts them in chains and ultimately kills them. Vegetarianism allows for both sides to live life. What we're arguing about here is HOW humans live their lives, because eating meat is not a question of life or death, for humans. For animals, it certainly is.
2. Grade 6 biology will surely support me when I say- the animals you listed are carnivores. Their bodies are not designed to survive without flesh of prey which they hunt down and kill. It is the natural food chain. Today's meat industry is not even slightly resembling what this chain should look like. If you are going to use the "omnivore" argument, I invite you to try to kill an animal such as a cow or a pig without using any weapons. Your anatomy is not designed to hunt and kill, if it was, you'd have extended front molars, claws, and hind legs that can press and lock down on your prey, suffessfully keeping them from escaping.
3. I think that people who are ignorant as to what flesh is are not barbaric- just misinformed. But people whose appetite is the most important thing in their life, and who lack compassion, and are not urged to do SOMETHING upon knowing what their food is, apparently are not developed enough in one aspect of their life. It is very ignorant and egoistic to pursue the carnivorous behaviour when one knows how much pain and suffering it is doing to millions of living beings, especially when that person KNOWS that not eating meat does not directly harm their health and survival...more over, benefits a healthy, balanced lifestyle.
