Todd Moody wrote:

> I can't agree with your characterization of vegetarians.  As
> vegetarianism increases in popularity, I think it is recruiting
> people less from the "fringe" of society, and thus perhaps less
> unbalanced to begin with.  I have a number of vegetarian
> colleagues now at the university where I work, and I can't say
> that your description is typical of them.  Also, when I was a kid
> in the Seventh Day Adventist religion, I was surrounded by
> vegetarians, most of whom seemed to me to be lovely people.
>
> I don't know many vegans, however, and the one or two that I do
> know *do* fit your description.

Lots of good points. It is true, it is mainly vegans who
seem real out of it. But lots of less radical vegetarians
seem pretty close to the edge too.