On Thursday, August 3, 2017 at 2:22:57 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> On Thursday, August 3, 2017 at 8:11:29 AM UTC-10, Cheri wrote:
> > "dsi1" <dsi1yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > ...
> > > On Thursday, August 3, 2017 at 6:56:52 AM UTC-10, Cheri wrote:
> > >> "dsi1" <dsi1ahoo.com> wrote in message
> > >> ...
> > >> > On Thursday, August 3, 2017 at 4:47:27 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> > >> >> On 2017-08-03 10:26 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > >> >> > On Thursday, August 3, 2017 at 6:40:23 AM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> >> It's people like Dave Smith, Jill etc. who have a problem with faux
> > >> >> >> meat. Telling vegetarians what to do. That's so wrong. Vegetarians
> > >> >> >> should be telling us what to do, not the other way around.
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > I, too, think faux meat is... weird. Either be a vegetarian
> > >> >> > and enjoy the multifarious ways that vegetables, grains, legumes,
> > >> >> > dairy and (possibly) eggs can be cooked, or just eat meat if
> > >> >> > you can't hack giving it up.
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > Vegetarians are as welcome to express their opinions as anybody
> > >> >> > else. They should not be surprised when omnivores ignore them.
> > >> >> >
> > >> >>
> > >> >> My brother and SiL are visiting their son and his family this week.
> > >> >> When
> > >> >> the son visits with them they accommodate and serve veggie burgers and
> > >> >> other fake meat items, but the son and DiL are not so accommodating.
> > >> >> They are not cook meat on their BBQ. If they want meat they have to go
> > >> >> out to a restaurant and the rest come along at my brother's expense.
> > >> >
> > >> > It's not a matter of accommodation. Veggie burgers are pretty
> > >> > innocuous,
> > >> > inert, things. Expecting a vegetarian to handle and cook meat would be
> > >> > like expecting an American to eat dog or horse meat i.e., it ain't
> > >> > gonna
> > >> > happen.
> > >>
> > >> ====
> > >>
> > >> Americans ate horsemeat a lot in the not so distant past, until it was
> > >> banned for sale for humans.
> > >>
> > >> Cheri
> > >
> > > If you want to get technical, some Americans still eat horse and dog meat.
> > > My point was that it was unreasonable to expect a vegetarian to grill up a
> > > nice, juicy, steak.
> > >
> >
> >
> > My point, obviously, was in reply to your statement "American to eat dog or
> > horse meat i.e., it ain't gonna happen." Nothing technical about it at all.
> >
> > Cheri
>
> You're not supposed to take me literally. I already know that Americans eat dog and horse meat, even today. Heck they even eat moose and squirrel. I prefer to write short and sweet. Why spoil the lines of a post with qualifications and technicalities?

Accurate and clear communication.

Cindy Hamilton