I WHOLEHEARTEDLY agree with Lisa Hopkinson (Yours Truly, Sept 5) about being vegetarian.

These so-called vegetarians who eat fish and poultry are arrogant and ignorant. I would be interested to know how they justify eating fish, yet find eating red meat to be disgusting and cruel.

The fact is, fish die in a very cruel and inhumane way and, judging by the state of the sea, God only knows what toxins we are putting into our bodies when we eat them. I would choose beef steak over tuna fish any day of the week.

Ms SIAN MAKIN,

Stand Lane,

Radcliffe.