Reasons we don't fast

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus enjoins his disciples, "when you
fast, do not do as the hypocrites do. . . "  So I guess it's possible
that many people take this so seriously that I just do not know what
they are fasting from. Perhaps many people's piety does not allow them
to talk about what they have given up for Lent. Maybe we ARE fasting,
intensely and quietly.

But I kinda doubt it.

I suspect that G. Jeffrey MacDonald is
right when we wrote this week that mos American Christians just don't
take Lent seriously anymore -- certainly not the fasting part.  Yes,
there are exceptions, but compared to our Muslim counterparts, who are
very clear about what they are to do during Ramadan, our
"have-it-your-own-way" faith consists of very little self-sacrifice at
all.