On Thu, 3 Aug 2017 16:02:11 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>I had a friend that is vegetarian. When he came to our house we had
>fish or other non meat dishes. We don't have meat every day so it was
>not a burden at all, just another meal with seafood or otherwise meatless.
>
>If we had a meal at his house, it was, of course, meatless. Again, not
>a big deal, he was an excellent cook. We respected his lifestyle
>without hurting ours.
>
>Vegan can be tougher, but I see no reason to worry/complain/fret or make
>a big deal of it.

I don't see the problem either. It's not like a meat eater goes into
withdrawal when they don't eat meat for a day. And I don't have a
problem when a meat eater eats meat in front of me in their own house.

>I was brought up Catholic and Fridays were meatless. I could never
>understand why it was OK to eat lobster but not a hot dog. Twisted
>symbolism, IMO.

Organised religion always becomes silly, IMO, especially with food
rules. Jews can't eat caviar because sturgeon don't have scales. Quoi?