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> What I won't do is enforce one person's bias/fear/ideology/foolishness
> on other people. If I'm putting on, say, a Chinese multi-course
> feast, and one of the guests doesn't eat pork, I'll have plenty for
> that person to eat but I will probably have pork dishes for the other
> guests. Likewise, one vegetarian diner does not mandate that all eat
> vegetarian. But if beets are on the menu, they are on the menu even
> if Barb is coming. She'll like the rest of it. -aem

Barb would probably *love* the rest of it. You are one of the rare
gifts on this group. I'd treasured an invitation, would pass (without
comment, in your home) on the beets, and would bring a nice host/hostess
gift ‹ probably some jam.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller - good news 4-6-2009
"What you say about someone else says more
about you than it does about the other person."