On Thursday, August 3, 2017 at 3:53:55 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> On Thursday, August 3, 2017 at 9:19:16 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > 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
>
> We're not writing technical manuals or legal briefs here - or are we? You get the last word.

No, but we are trying to communicate here. No communication happens unless
you write what you mean.

Or, you could use some emoticons or go back to writing "hee hee".

Cindy Hamilton