[split] Obtaining Animal Blood

[Reaper]

So...why was an on-topic post of mine split into ANOTHER war-on-meat thread, raped of its context, so I could be collectively be hung out to dry? I was commenting on a post about consuming blood, after that post's author had already connected the topic to vampires. I was on topic. It's not my fault that some other individuals decided to turn it into yet another outlet for their ongoing crusade, and for the record I think this is bull. 

I have purposefully avoided the meat vs. veg debate for years now because I feel that an individual's personal eating habits are their business. I do not owe anyone an explanation of the ethics behind my mode of consumption (and believe it or not, I do actually have ethics), nor do I feel a need to get others to share in my ethics, nor do I feel owed an explanation of anyone else's ethics. However, since I've been FORCED in, here is my two cents on the matter:

I don't care what anyone else thinks of my eating habits. I eat meat, as raw as I can get it, and I will likely keep doing so until the day I die. If I had access to animal blood via hunting, I would drink it (and you have no idea how careful or not careful I would be while hunting because, well, you don't know me at all). If I had access to clean human blood from a willing donor, yes (collective gasp), I would drink that, too. Call me evil, STS, non-compassionate, whatever. I do not care. Eat whatever you feel comfortable eating, but don't for a minute think you know me well enough for your judgment of my character to mean a thing to me. My conscience is totally clean.