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Originally Posted by
cinders7 
I am flipping back and forth from being vegetarian to being vegan
I can't decide which is best

.I know animals die if i eat eggs and diary,but also aware animals die to provde me veg, fruit etc Ie rabbits,deer,pigeon etc are culled to keep them from destroying crops and the compost, manure used is from animal by products.
I'd like opinions from vegans and vegetarians.
Surely, under
any ethical theory, if you're concerned about killing animals, and there is a means to reduce the number of animals you kill, then you would endeavour to reduce the number (in this case, by going vegan).
But it's not just the killing. Exploiting sentient beings is immoral, if you agree with that, then you must make a stand in your every life to protest the mindset that promotes nonhuman animal exploitation (speciesism). Veganism is
the way of living your ethical boycott of products of animal slavery. It's a stance firmly rooted in opposition to those that believe it's morally acceptable to enslave nonhuman animals. If you believe in animal rights, then you cannot go about your live deliberately violating said rights every time you sit down and eat.
Mainstream agriculture has many issues, but aside from that, we all kill animals accidentally. That is no justification for killing them on purpose. That kind of logic would justify me mowing down people in a car because lots of people get run over by cars every day.
If you are trully concerned about the effects mainstream agriculture has on nonhumans (and the environment), try growing your own food in a veganic fashion. It may not feed you completely, but it's a start.