Not with the same ease. Somewhat comparable, maybe
Given that Jains, Brahmins etc have lived just fine for centuries without consuming any meat, I don't think it is
absolutely
essential in terms of nutrition. Cost shouldn't be an argument here as I see dozens of people around me that are vegetarians not incurring particularly steep losses due to not eating meat. But if you're piss poor, ofcourse, you'd be better off eating meat as(when it comes to that economic strata) meat would make for a more nutritious diet with far less money spent.
Anyone that's not piss poor who eats meat is doing so only because they've grown to like the "excellent taste" and can't overcome their base instincts when a plate of deliciously butchered animal is presented in front of them. Not thing wrong with it, but that's what it is, despite your rationalisations.
but if you're a vegetarian, you simply wouldn't be able to comprehend it.
I am very much a meat eater. Only that I am not hypocritical about it and delude myself into thinking that eating slaughtered animals is somehow morally superior to jallikattu.
If I were a bull and were given the options of
A) having to live in a farm factory treated in an utterly inhumane and deplorable manner for my entire life only to be butchered at the end of it ...and
B) being pampered and treated like a royalty and served the best possible food and worshiped like a god for 364 days in a year, with a few humans jumping up my hump for exactly 1 day, and having to withstand a degree of suffering monitored and regulated by govt authorities
....I would choose the latter
It's a level of sadism which would put even neanderthals to shame.
You have just gone ahead and called something for which more than a million people are protesting as being worse than Neanderthals, without even trying to understand its nuances. You should feel bad for it.