Hunters, for me, are fully aware of what their doing and therefore can't be compared with the fish counter ladies, that deep down think there's something wrong with eating animals. That description defines a lot of people I know, including my friends. They'll agree with me, tell me I'm right, and then keep eating their ham sandwich. I got to a point where I just make jokes about it. Of course I don't agree, but well, there's really nothing I can do about it. I can't force vegetarianism down their throats. I think that if they had to hunt, to see the blood and all of that maybe they would make the connection between the food on their plates and the animals they love (one of them is actually studying to be a biologist and says there's nothing in the world she loves more than animals, and yet makes fun of me when I explain why I'm a vegetarian *sigh*)
I would say that opinions are strongly influenced by priorities. Between two different things, both reasonable, you choose what is most important to you. Of course that is cases where it simply doesn't apply, cases in wich one of the options doesn't seem reasonable to the person in question, so the pick is easy. But it doesn't mean the option isn't reasonable at all. So, again, priorities.
So, just to clarify, I chose not to eat meat because of my priorities, and some other person choses to eat it because they don't believe there's anything wrong with eating meat. But when I tell them something like
this , and they keep telling me there's nothing wrong with it, I'll have to disagree. There is something wrong with it, but you can chose between defining a priority, or just not doing it and keep eating whatever you eat everyday.
I started being a vegetarian when I was 14. When I was 15/almost 16, I started eating fish, and then poultry. At 16, again, but almost a year after, I decided to get back to being a vegetarian. I'm 17 at the moment, and don't plan on giving up ever again.