Look, killing animals that you don't _need_ to eat is just plain wrong. No matter how you put it. No matter what you think to yourself, no matter what you tell others, nothing justifies it.
Now, the above being said. I'm fuckin pathetic. I love my chicken, my bacon, my ham, my steak, etc. If you asked me to kill any one of those animals myself, for me to eat, there's no way in hell I could bring myselfy to do it. Zero, zilch. Shit, if there's a spider crawling on the floor in my house I can't even bring my self to squish it because I feel bad. Instead I pick him up in a tissue and let him loose outside.
If you don't eat meat then good for you (I sincerely mean that). You're morally better than I am. One day I'll try to become a vegetarian but as of right now it'll require too many lifestyle changes that I'm not prepared to make. Horrible excuse, I know.