On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Matthew Klahn wrote: > You should be on the receiving end of some of the looks I get just > because I opt out of eating meat, which affects absolutely no one but > myself. I applaud your choice, which positively affects the ruck of mankind. On the other hand, it's a pain trying to find a restaurant if one's circle includes people who won't eat seafood, people who won't eat meat, people on the Atkins diet, people allergic to beef or peanuts or ..., people who won't eat anything cold or weird or processed or ...