I don't each much meat but that's for health rather than ethical reasons. However, I'm safe in the knowledge that the meat I do eat has been killed as humanely as possible and not been harried, chased or bitten to death.
My point (as you well know) was that if everyone only ever sat back and didn't speak out against things they found objectionable, nothing would ever change.
But that's the true meaning of the word 'conservative', isn't it?