Kill more chickens or plants?

Frankly speaking, I do not understand why so much fuss happens on this topic of Vegetarian versus Non-vegetarian. In my opinion, over the decades, the topic has been given lot of undue importance which it does not deserve (even many great personalities seems to have spent a lot of time on this).

For me this entire vegetarian / non-vegetarian thing boils down to a simple conclusion: Each individual forms his own perspective based on his cultural/religious background, upbringing, education and also possibly with influence from friends, family and society. And perhaps there are possibly many reasons which make this topic more complicated than necessary

1. The definition of vegetarian is kind of very subjective to the individual. I heard in places like Kolkata, Kerala etc. Fish is considered as vegetarian (and compare this to the fact that Mahatma Gandhi stopped drinking goat milk because he was not sure any more that it is vegetarian). By the way the best input on this came from my ex-colleague: he simply said that lamb is vegetarian because it eats vegetarianJ.
2. There are all kinds of religious reasons based on Caste and rituals (No comments here except to say that I have lot of those religious friends who are strict vegetarians at home and eat only non vegetarian outside or when they are abroad).
3. And then there are people who declare a particular day in a week as a vegetarian day. (Wow, what a kind heart. So many animal lives on this planet are saved.). I do not mean to criticize any one, my Father does it as well, but honestly I just do not find the logic in it. Either you eat non-vegetarian or you do not eat. That’s all.
4. And then there are people who do not eat even eggs because they are non-vegetarian, but are expert chefs in all kinds of non vegetarian dishes (known as moms).
5. The Animal right activists (and all those supporting movie stars and celebrities) and their pleas of treating animals as living creatures like all other human beings and fellow mates (Oh.. come on, don't you guys think the trees and other vegetarian based green stuff have life too? Isn't it painful for the trees when you pluck their fruits or cut their leafs for you to fill your stomach? Who gave you the right to justify that killing more plants is better than killing more chickens. Is it OK just because that the plants are more silent than animals? And even if the plants cry, we also collect it and consume it (known as rubber, glue etc.)).

I believe that it is quite OK and acceptable that each individual has his own perspective on this topic and the perspectives can be totally in opposing directions. But that doesn’t mean your perspective is the only right thing in this world and all other guys are committing unforgiveable sins which will take them to hell (if ever there is a hell) or make them take a re-birth.

And now lets get few facts right.

1. Human body does not seem to have any problem to digest both vegetarian and non-vegetarian
2. If you have studied well enough at school, you would probably remember that our teeth are designed to eat for all kind of purposes. Some to chew, some to bite etc. And of course this serves well enough for both Vegetarian and Non-vegetarian purposes.
3. Our ancestors before we invented concepts like farming, housing etc. some how survived in caves and probably eaten everything that is possible to lay their hands upon.
4. Since the world population is exploding, it is unavoidable that you need to find a way to fill all those additional hungry stomachs. So let us concentrate on feeding those stomachs than to concentrate on to whether to feed with plants or chickens.

Now having said all these things, what do I do? I do not eat pork or beaf, based on so called upbringing / religious reasons (and funny enough, to quote officially, I do not believe in God).

Never the less, do I want my 2 year old son to become vegetarian or non-vegetarian? I do not care, I just want him to grow up to be physically strong, stay healthy and keep smiling those joyous, innocent and heartfelt smiles only a pure soul of a child can smile.