[A*O]

Leather (cow hide), like wool, is a by-product. The animals are not killed specifically for it and therefore I don't have a problem as a meat eater. I'd be a hypocrite otherwise. And I'm very sorry but leather shoes are vastly superior to plastic ones for no other reason than you feet can breathe in leather and therefore don't get sweaty and stinky. Shallow but true.

As for eating meat - as I've said elsewhere, provided the animals are treated humanely and are raised organically and/or free range then as far as I'm concerned it's all part of the food chain. Having said that, I don't have any problem whatsoever with vegetarianism (I do it myself from time to time). Just spare me the All Meat Is Murder agenda.