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Originally Posted by CM <snip>Next time a bunch of vegans go to beligium does that mean they cancel the entire dinner because they were planning on serving steak? |
Well - if the vegans wanted that no meat would be served at the dinner, then possible.
It is - as I read it - not a matter of wanting the Iranian delegates to drink, but that the Belgium hosts still wanted to be able to serve alcohol to the people whom wanted it.
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A spokesman for parliament confirmed that the Iranians would not have been expected to join their Belgian hosts in drinking or toasting.
"Guests are not obliged to have alcohol, but we didn't want to bow to outside rules," the spokesman said, adding that Belgian deputies had chosen to "stick to Western customs".
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