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Guilt free in the context of the OP would be killing exactly zero animals.
Least harm is killing as few as you can manage but can be non-zero.
The OP makes it seem like by being a vegetarian you avoid killing animals entirely and this is not true. These two quotes specifically:
“I do feel that spiritual progress does demand at some stage that we should cease to kill our fellow creatures for the satisfaction of our bodily wants.”
Mahatma Gandhi
"It is more important to prevent animal suffering, rather than sit to contemplate the evils of the universe praying in the company of priests."
Buddha
If we care about this we have to recognize that farming still kills animals. We can't say that vegetarianism meets the above quotes because it is not true in today's world of industrial farming.
I feel it is wrong to not look any further and pretend that we are bloodless by eating vegetables.
You're full of shit.
"Guilt free in the context of the OP would be killing exactly zero animals." - all you have to do is read the opening post to see it's almost entirely about the treatment of the animals and their emotional well-being. Not about simply how many we kill.
And the two quotes you posted don't back shit up either. Gandhi was talking about killing animals to fulfill the satisfaction of our bodily wants. Not about eating plants to fulfill our bodily needs. And the Buddah quote just says we should prevent animal suffering. Which is right in line with the OP's REAL context of caring about the treatment of animals and their emotional state. Not just looking at it like a numbers game.
So sorry but you are completely full of shit.