Vegetarians... yuck

Vegetarianism is the practice of following a diet based on plant-based foods including fruits, vegetables, cereal grains, nuts, and seeds, with or without dairy products and eggs. A vegetarian does not eat meat, game, poultry, fish, crustacea, shellfish, or products of animal slaughter such as animal-derived gelatin and rennet.
There are many different types of vegetarian diets, such as lacto-vegetarian diets, lacto-ovovegetar, semi-vegetarian, and then there is the vegan diet. Now that is the one I disagree with. There are many reasons why people become vegetarians, some go on a strict no eat meat diet because they ate so much McDonald's and now meat is poison to them (like Morgan Spurlock from Super Size Me). In that case I can understand why you're on a vegan diet because of doctors orders, but if you're a healthy young person you don't need to be on that particular diet, it can do more harm than good. However, like anything in this world, too much of anything is bad for you. You have to have a balance. If you choose to go on a no-eat-meat diet you need to prepare yourself for taking a lot of vitamins. No matter what vegy diet you choose, you need to make sure you have enough calories to meet your energy needs.
Anyway I digressed, I don't want to bore you with anymore details to being a vegetable eater but back to my point I don't think people should look to being a vegetarian as a safe alternative to eating meat because it's not. Yes, people who eat a lot of meat need to look at eating more "greens" but people who eat to much "greens" also need to look at eating a little more meat or become more at risk of getting e coli.
However, it has come to my attention that some people turn to being a vegetarian because of animal cruelty of the meat industry. I can agree with this reason of choosing to become one because you're boycotting the meat industry, protesting, and I'm guessing you guys want them to treat the cows better before they die. I did watch a documentary about how the conditions are in the slaughter houses, and how bad they treat the cows before their time is up. So I say yes that we should make it a bit more cleaner, but no to the fact that I believe they were put on this earth for us to eat, just like all the other animals we eat, and they just taste too good to give up.
Many people are vegetarians for many reasons, and this post only talks about the ones who choose to be vegetarians or extreme "vegy" eaters, this has nothing to do with those who are vegetarians because of their religion. I say that too much of anything is bad, so you need to have a balance. Look at the food pyramid.