Vegetarianism is wrong. Eating meat is the way to live.

For starters, you've taken the time to notice that I am in favour of saving endangered species. I give you credit for that. In that same vein, I am not arguing for the consumption of ALL meat. Not every animal on this planet is meant to be consumed by humans. One such animal that is not on our food chain is other humans. When people go against nature (e.g. eating other humans or squirrel brains) they develop pathogenic proteins known as prions in their system. This results in something known as Couetzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome. It is the human equivalent of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (mad cow disease). Therefore, I do not believe in eating humans or many other animals. Endangered species should be left alone as well as anything that would not naturally be on a human's food chain, such as shark. "Eating meat" should not be construed as eating every form of meat one could think of. It simply means that everyone should consume at least some form of meat. As far as the second question goes, some of it has already been taken care of in my first response. If I do not believe in consuming endangered species, then species would not go extinct due to human consumption. But I will take it further than that. I have done field studies in which I would travel to various parts of New York State and Pennsylvania to map the migration patterns of deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus). During this study I noticed many forests with no under story. The reason was that deer were overpopulated in that area, and as a result of their eating habits, nothing new would grow (except ferns which for some reason they don't like). Now there are two reasons for the overpopulation of deer. The first is that their natural predators such as wolves and coyote are being killed by humans in the area. Despite the fact that I eat meat, I am against killing these animals as they are not on our food chain, and killing for sport is something with which I have issues. The second reason for the overpopulation is that one of the deer's natural predators (humans) are not consuming them in the normal numbers. So in this scenario, eating venison would actually save many species. The chain being that deer consume plants that other animals feed on, those animals in turn will dwindle in number, then the predators of those animals dwindle, et cetera. So I will say that some people will hunt animals to extinction (the Japanese whaling vessels may soon accomplish something like this) but this is not something I am speaking in favour of. As stated before, I against refraining from all meat products. This does not mean that one should consume anything and everything. So if you mention people that eat humans, pandas, endangered whales or anything similar I would probably agree with your point of view. I'm arguing against vegetarianism in general, and so one can still refrain from such meat (like myself) and still not be anywhere close to being a vegetarian. For the third question, it should be obvious that I am far from your casual anti-vegetarian moron. I do not believe that one cannot survive without meat. There are many countless vegetarians that survive to a healthy age. I meant it in a more philosophical sense. Being a vegetarian imposes serious limits on one's lifestyle. When others wish to go out to eat, there must always be a vegetarian option on the menu if a vegetarian wishes to join. There can also be some health issues. I believe that I have answered these questions sufficiently. If you feel otherwise let me know. Otherwise, we can now begin the debate. State your reasons in favour of vegetarianism.