To eat or not to eat a cow, that's the question...

I am a vegetarian, but I respect the rights of others to eat meat or whatever they choose to eat (with the exception of a cannibal's diet, I suppose). As they say, one man's food is another man's poison. Just because I don't like a certain food, I have no right to force others not to consume it. Most importantly, the government doesn't have any business telling people what they should eat and what they shouldn't. If cruelty to animals is what you are bothered about, then why be selective and if cruelty to cows is what they are bothered about, then shouldn't they also ban artificial insemination of cattle, which is widely used in India to breed high yield milch cows and cattle. But hell no, where will the vegetarian get his milk from? India is not like the Arab world or Israel which bans people from eating pork... It is also not the Vatican which bans people from having a freedom of choice in matters other than eating food. We are a secular country and religion doesn't have a place in determining what is lawful and what is not...