For various reasons, many are becoming vegetarians. I see nothing wrong with not eating meat, seafood or even dairy products (vegans as they are called). I'm not one of them, well... at least not a complete vegetarian. I eat Chicken and Fish but I don't eat Beef and Pork. I was never a big fan of either and I don't feel deprived. Every now and then, meat connoisseurs
back at home ask if I had Kobe Beef. I never have and don't plan to. Its pretty expensive from what I've heard. You could imagine how expensive it would be to feed cows with beer and haved them massaged everyday while listening to classical music.
But by being vegetarian, you automatically put yourself in a position to be the deciding factor what dinner should be. A few of my friends are vegetarians. When we plan on going out for dinner, we have to consider places where they are flexible in providing vegetarian options that are NOT on the menu. In addition you have to be flexible by sacrificing by having chopped up veggies while everyone else enjoys dinner. If you live in a progressive neighborhood, fine as vegetarians you'll probably find lots of options but if not, like in Japan you're stuck.
One of my friends, AA, is vegetarian. Its almost he lives in a jungle, going out to a nice restaurant for dinner, is fighting for survival. The next instance after sitting at a table, he grabs the waiter and tells, "i'm vegetarian what can you make?" The poor waiter is in a shock, grabs the head waiter has him attend to us.
Seriously... if you're going to act like an ass about being vegetarian,
STAY HOME!!