stile project: "the kitty video"

Yep.  I agree, more or less.

"Our society doesn't have to deal with the actual killing aspect, which greatly reduces the moral association to it."

Eaxactly.  I've got nothing but respect for people who can go out and hunt for food for themselves, and I've got something bordering on contempt for people who "don't want to think about" what's really in the hot dogs they're eating.

"frankly, if you're going to eat meat, and live in some pretend world where you'd rather not see an animal be killed for eating, you are the one with the problem."

This is just bang on.  If you can watch a video like that whilst gulping down Big Macs/bacon/chicken nuggets, more power to ya.

Personally, videos of animal cruelty and/or death bother me very much.  The last movie I can remember that legitimately shocked and disturbed me did so due to several brutally explicit, gory, and quite real animal killings.