[Takeda Shingen]

I enjoy being a vegetarian; the diet does yield numerous health benefits, not the least of which has been my very healthy weight. You can cook all kinds of things that will make a vegan fat, and if someone is doing it, they might as well just eat the meat, because the effects on their body will be the same.

And no, I don't think that it is dumb. I regularly prepare and serve meat dishes for my guests if I know that they prefer it. I am not offended by having meat-based entrees waved under my nose, nor by the posting of cheeseburgers and what-not on the internet. I do find the objections of those that decry what I choose and do not choose to put in my body to be somewhat amusing, as I do not care if you choose to eat bacon three meals a day.

EDIT: Of course, all that being said, I also like Bourbon, Scotch and cigars (although I do not smoke them in the house now that I have children), so I suppose that we all pick our poison.