"Masha" > wrote
> One would assume that if you were invited to a friends for dinner, they
> would know that you were a vegan and wouldn't insult you by serving up a
> humk of cow in the first place! Mostly when I go to dinner parties these
> days, the meal is, at least, vegetarian. That way anyone who's kosher,
> halal, veggie etc. can all eat it, much easier. Although I wouldn't want
> to
> offend anyone, I still wouldn't eat meat!

Thereby maintaining the illusion that your dinner was not associated with
animal death and suffering...