Lets Make a Deal (Please)

My good friend Judith pointed out that not all people are sensitive to the reason why some become vegans. There is no escaping the fact that facorty farming is cruel and unhealthy. What ends up on our plate bears some serious comtemplation but most are unable to do this as then eating meat would be all but impossible for any sensitive soul (and that would be all of us really) As a coping means people tend to joke about and gloss over the horror of inhumane treatment to animals that deserve so much better. It's meant to be funny, a jest to relieve tension or make light of the heaviness of cruelty that stairs from a plate. It's possibly a means of dealing with a deep seated guilt that they may not even be aware of - maybe. It doesn't work. The cruelty is there and it's not going away and can't be joked away. I'll make a deal with my non-vegan friends - I won't talk about where your meat comes from, the health consequences and risk you're are imposing upon yourself (and family)the global issues that grow daily from meat consumption and all I ask in return is a little respect for our shared time of having a meal. We can debate (cruelty and joke free) some other time. Deal?