On 06/11/2014 5:00 PM, Bruce wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Nov 2014 18:09:40 -0500, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> On 2014-11-06 5:39 PM, Bruce wrote:
>>
>>>> I would go to a vegetarian dinner if invited. I have been to vegetarian
>>>> restaurants. If eating in a vegetarian restaurant or in a vegetarians
>>>> home I do not expect meat and would not insist that they cater to my
>>>> carnivorous side. Vegetarians tend to be less accommodating.
>>>>
>>>> My brother's son and DiL are quite typical of vegetarians. When they
>>>> come to visit my brother and his wife they expect everyone else to eat
>>>> vegetarian meals
>>>
>>> I think that's unreasonable. You can't push your principles on other
>>> people, especially in their own homes.
>>
>> I guess you didn't read the part about the vegetarians expecting to be
>> indulged with vegetarian fare when visiting and not wanting omnivores to
>> have meat at their house.
>
> But I meant it's unreasonable to force meat eaters not to eat meat in
> their own homes. The vegetarians can eat anything that happens to be
> available, minus the meat.
>
>>>> or at least to offer vegetarian faux meat dishes.
>>>
>>> I don't think you need faux meat for a nice vegetarian meal.
>>>
>>>> When
>>>> my brother and his wife got to visit them there is no meat offered.
>>>
>>> They're vegetarians. Of course they don't offer meat.
>>
>> And they didn't want the parents to cook their own mean on their BBQ.
>> Hell, they have a BBQ, but it is for faux meats only????? WTF
>
> I can understad that from the vegetarians' point of view. They just
> don't want to have anything to do with meat. Think Arabs or Jews and
> pork.
>
>>>> Brother went out and bought steaks and they didn't want him using their
>>>> BBQ utensils.
>>>
>>> He can't eat their food for one day because he has to have meat
>>> everyday?
>> Turn that around. The vegetarians could have meat at their place. They
>> both grew up with meat.
>
> But vegetarians don't eat meat. Whereas meat eaters can eat vegetarian
> food. It's not like they're going into withdrawal if they don't have
> meat for one day.
>>
>>>> They didn't want their veggieburgers and other faux meat
>>>> items that they say taste like meat to be contaminated with meat.
>>>
>>> No meat in the house of vegetarians. Sounds reasonable to me.
>>>
>> Just as meat at the homes of non vegetarians is reasonable.
>
> I agree, but that doesn't mean vegetarians have to eat it too.
>
But for many veggies, it is an effing power trip!!!!
Graham