"dsi1" > wrote in message
...
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? That sucks. You get to have the last
word.

======

If you post literally, you will be taken literally. Pretty simple, so own
it.

Cheri