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No matter what our choice I think at least Americans are a little on the naive side when it comes to meat. Those that live in big cities can go so long without even seeing an animal being raised for human consumption that they forget where meat comes from. Not in a logical sense, but they just don't think about it. They go to the store, pick up a nice big steak, go home and fry it up, and eat it. They never see the blood, gore, and flopping body after it's head has been chopped off or blown away.
This is one thing that I intend to educate my daughter in. I have not hidden from her the fact that her meat comes from living animals. She's seen deer alive, she's seen them dead, and she's seen them quartered and ready for cutting the meat off the bones. She's asked me where her meat comes from (i.e. chicken from chicken, pork from pigs... etc.) Every time we discuss it I emphasis the "gift" that the animal gave us. That we don't take more than we need and we don't waste what we get. That we don't treat the animal cruely just because it's intended for slaughter. It's a valuable creature and we kill it as quickly and painlessly as we can. At her age of 5 she doesn't understand all the things I'm discussing but I've said basically all of that to her. She will appreciate the animals and if she chooses not to eat meat I will respect that. I personally eat it because it's part of my body's design, to eat meat. I will not waste it or mistreat animals intended for slaughter just because they aren't intended for any other purpose. Appreciation of all living things and their "purposes" is important to me.
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"Always learn the rules so that you can break them properly." Dalai Lama
My Karma just ran over your Dogma. 
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