mariner,
I think you misread my post. I am well aware that klaf is made of shechted animals. But what I said is that there is nothing in the Torah that would require someone living _today_ to actually eat meat. As far as bringing karbonos today, I didn’t know this could be done; can you give a source for this?
intellegent,
You made a good point, in that animals must be killed to produce klaf, so the meat should be eaten rather than go to waste. But because the number of animals killed for klaf is much less than the number killed for meat (by orders of magnitude), even if a large group of frum Jews would stop eating meat none of the meat from animals shechted for klaf would likely go to waste.
As far as the inyan of eating meat on Shabbos & Yom Tov, I always thought that was because of simchas Yom Tov. If eating meat does not enhance a person’s simchah, whether because his doctor proscribed it or he doesn’t like the taste or he’s uncomfortable with the present-day shechting process, why should he eat meat? I have heard stories of gedolim forcing themselves to drink the arba kosos even if it made them ill; is eating meat on shabbos & yom tov in the same category?
I am not saying that there is anything wrong with eating meat because PETA said so. If PETA said it was raining outside I’d stick my hand out the window to check before taking my umbrella, beecause as I mentioned in my original post, their entire philosophy of animal rights is not one I agree with. I am just disagreeing with those who automatically assume someone who doesn’t eat meat is committing an avaira.