Whats the big deal of missing out on eating a living thing? Eating something that is killed is so disgusting. Being born in a pure Brahmin family (Iyer to be precise), we abstain from going anywhere near non-veg items due to religious reasons (though we eat egg because we eat it even before the chick is born). But over a period of time, I have developed a hatred for non-veg items because it amounts to killing something and eating it. How would you feel if someone killed you and ate you as their food?