On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 19:03:24 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>Christine Dabney wrote:
>
>>
>> I wish I could agree with your opinion, but I can't.
>>
>> I have a very good friend who is vegan, and believe me, it is not
>> about the person, at least in his case.
>
>Maybe not in his case. There may be the odd one that is sincere and will
>stick to it. My problem is that, for most of them, it is a fad diet. It makes
>no difference to me what kind of diet they follow. I just won't cater to it.
>
Aren't there a large Indian sect/culture that is vegan? Or another
Asian culture/sect? I seem to remember that there is one, but I
could be totally wrong on this.

Tell them that it is a fad diet.

Christine