On Nov 12, 2:57*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:23:15 -0800 (PST), aem >
> wrote:
>
> >On Nov 12, 4:59*am, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> >> sf wrote:
>
> >> >I think that in the deep dark past - before people were militant about
> >> >being vegetarian, I met natives of India who were not vegetarian...
> >> >but in the last decade or three I can't say the Indians I've eaten
> >> >meals with were carnivores.
>
> >> They're omnivores.
>
> >A little more than 80 percent of the population of India is Hindu.
> >Hindus do not eat beef, and strict Hindus are vegetarian. *I don't
> >know how many are considered "strict". *The most delicious vegetarian
> >meals I've had were at Indian restaurants hosted by Indian
> >acquaintances who were vegetarian.
>
> Everyone I've ever met who claimed to be a vegetarian ate meat by
> exception... I've had some prolonged and heated discussions with
> so-called vegetarians who claimed that fish and/or poultry were
> permitted. *ALL vegetarians veg by time constraints... most last like
> a few days, eat meat, then go back to vegging a few more days, and so
> on. *I've known so-called vegetarians who would sneak meat by driving
> miles from home and gorging on deli sandwiches in the parking lot...
> like those Jews who claimed to keep kosher but would travel to eat
> Chinese... I guess they figure that if no one who knew then saw
> them...

Nonsense. There are plenty of people like you describe. There are also
people who are truly vegetarian or vegan for life. There are also
people who are completely kosher. I have known multiple people over
the years, mostly from India, who would never eat any type of animal
just becuase they never have. I'm sure their beliefs entered into it,
but it was not some big sacrifice on their part. They just never have
eaten animals. It's a big old world, and your experience is very
limited.