A Friendly Conversation: Exploring Omnivorous vs. Vegetarian Diet

[Diana]

I suppose why ive never really given the whole vegetarian thing a serious look, is that its concern for animals seems like the extraordinary length that Jains do in even sweeping the path on which they walk of insects.

This is a poor example. To make an analogy, it is like saying The Ra Material is fundamentalist Christian.

The reasons for eating vegetarian are many. If you have any interest they are explored at length in the thread "In Regards to Eating Meat" and indexed by topics here (scroll down through post to get to it):

index of topics, In Regards to Eating Meat

One fundamental issue you touched upon is the idea that many humans think they are more important or of more value than other life. It is a good topic to explore regarding one's place in existence, and one's connection to all things.