If you're not vegetarian, why did you take offence to my vegetarian comment? Were you trying to defend a group which you do not belong to, like vegans defend on a daily basis a massive group of beings which have no voice?

I'm not on a high horse. You would have to have some feeling of inferiority to think that. I'm pointing out the reality and you feel offended because you happen to be playing a part of it. You became defensive and the best that you can come up with is a personal attack.

Which of my arguments about animal rights did you have an issue with? If there is a fallacy in my logic please point it out. It's a lot easier to attack the messenger than to come up with a logical reason for eating animal products.

Why can we not compare animal abuse for human needs (which can be met by other means) with slavery? I said that animal rights is an extension of human rights, not the same thing but an extension. If a pig feels pain like a human feels pain, why should we not wish a cruelty free life for both? And this is simply from an ethical point of view, we're not even mentioning environment, resources and health impact of producing and consuming animal products.