^ Very controversial but absolutely true.
To me that's an example of the massive cognitive dissonance that exists among the overwhelming majority of the population. In fact I think that would be a good topic for a thread of its own. Then again...I'm not sure I want to deal with the inevitable wrath from the angry mob, for pointing out something that no one wants to hear.

At least right now.
Forget the wrath -- this site is Virtual and hugely distant .
Anyhow , I had my skin replaced with Elephant Hide a lifetime ago .
The way that I solve this apparent topic Dilemma is to assume the start position of us being very small limited packets of energy , deliberately inserted into a prison scenario by Universe which itself is trying to find a single way to be creative , and therefore to act from outside of its assumed limits . To act in a Novel way .
That is all Universe wants --- Novelty .It's a "pinch" from Clif High .
It's the Bored Creator Becoming Self Aware hypothesis , working out exactly what its self awareness means and covers .
Back in today's world I find the only commonality is that literally everything is an energy packet engaged in transformation, just to extend its life as much as possible .
It literally is impossible to live / continue without consuming .
And as we will be transformed an infinite number of times within an infinite number of "lifetimes" , it simply does not matter what we do and do not consume over the full experimental duration --- eternity presumably .
However that leads to many other mental pathways and raises questions about the description we give to actions --- Good/Bad and Right/Wrong , to keep it simple .
I have no answers that I can rigorously defend and literally pray for further Disclosure, when hopefully we can meet other species who will be able to see further and deeper and help clear the fog .
Very soon , I am reliably informed , by a few very gifted people
But full circle , I have no problem sacrificing anything ,providing it is the result of a carefully thought through Strategy and is carried out with Care and Compassion .