it's something i've thought of on and off. on one hand, i sometimes have an inexplicable craving for the taste of meat, and this kind of fake meat is like a nicotine patch, offering some temporary relief. the other view point is that the whole point of fake meat is to remind us of meat, hence animal suffering, so if one really felt the pain of animals, fake meat as such a reminder should be avoided.
but, the slippery slope is difficult to climb back up. a pig can have 185 uses - from cosmetics to shampoo to crayons to bullets to gum to beer. totally avoiding animal products is probably not practical for most of us. perhaps the thing to do is at least be informed - and to consider the sources of the daily conveniences we enjoy, be it from dead animals, or the blood and sweat from laborers in the depths of the industrial machine.
