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Originally Posted by Jason more important than what you eat is how you eat.

True Jason. I agree with you here. If I were to be invited to a meal and they offer me meat I will take it. There is no problem. But I feel ok with a diet out of meat when it is possible.

I find that to be the most balanced approach myself.

A few years back, I became a 'strict vegetarian,' partially due to Buddhism and partially due to other things. I was doing OK until one day I ordered a burrito with no meat and they gave me one with beef instead. It was a simple mistake, but when I opened it and saw the meat, I took it back and politely told the lady at the counter that I ordered no meat. She took the burrito and threw it straight into the garbage. I hadn't even taken a bite out of it yet, but since it had already left the counter, they couldn't legally give it to anybody else. I felt so bad about wasting so much food just because of my attachment to vegetarianism, especially considering how many starving people there are in the world, that I vowed to never complain about meat ever again.