Regarding the RSPCA's half-baked approach to meat-eating
That's my decision made. I am now going to become vegetarian, and at least some of the money saved on not having singing lessons will go on eating alternatives. I'd already phased out most of my meat-eating at university through a simple meat -> Quorn substitution; the main implication of this decision is to inform others, preventing them from providing me with meat. This might be problematic, as in the inability to make the normal substitution when eating out I may have an awful lot of problems finding something I do like...