Wow, I never thought about it that way, thanks for the explanation (:wesley wrote:Hi let_dias
thanks for your reply.
the problem with the voting analogy, is that it isn't exactly comparable to the situation I was in. With voting in an election, it's extremely unlikely that your vote is going to make a difference to the outcome, but your vote does still get counted. You still have 1 vote out of 100 million (or whatever the number is). The problem was that I thought my 'vote' was counting as literally 0, not just as 1, because of the way animal products are produced on massive scales (but if you read over the other comments, you'll see this was a mistake).
Now, I do think my 'vote', as far as what I choose to eat, does counts for something (which is good!), and the situation is actually better than it is with voting in an election. In an election (if it's 'winner takes all' as in the recent US presidential election) your vote really is not going to make a difference to who wins, but when it comes to what you eat, you can actually make a small but actual difference to how many animals are put through the farming process.
Wish you the best in your journey!
