Why is meat-eating frowned upon!?

[Chillbroskia]

First of all, sorry if this is the wrong forum for this but I checked around and this seems like the spot.

Anyway, it's a minor issue, but I was wondering why my nation frowns upon eating meat? I recall choosing a pretty middle-of-the-road option on the animal cruelty issue, and personally as the leader of Chillbroskia I love meat (can't live without bacon) but respect those who don't love delicious bacon.

It just made me wonder if the impact of your decisions has a certain randomness? ie. it's never possible to predict exactly how the population will react, or is it just me misinterpreting the issues?

[Aescentia]

There is no randomness - each and every issue has set effects on your nation. It is possibly, however, that you:

1. Picked the wrong option accidentally
2. Did not think of a possible or likely outcome

Also, the results on the nation page are generally to the extreme of any issue - there's no "Oh, some citizens like meat, some don't" because that would be dull.