Christine Dabney wrote:

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> >
> >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.

These people aren't Indian. They are people who become vegan because they think
it is cool and expect you to think they are cool for being vegan. As I said, due
to my experience with them going back to meat, it is a fad.