Why is it that so many vegetarians eat fake animal products? Fake bacon...fake burgers, fake milk? Why?

It seems that many people are incapable of embracing what it really means to BE a vegetarian or a vegan. It strikes me as hypocritical and a little sad that so many eat "meat substitutes" instead of just going all the way and admitting that veggies are all they eat?

Whence fake butter (margarine)? Why call the dyed white liquid "soy milk"? Why gild the lily? Call it what it is! It doesn't taste anything like milk. (Personally, I think it tastes utterly foul. I got a soy latte by mistake one day at Starbucks and I spit the first sip across the sidewalk. I was literally nauseated - it tasted like it had gone "off".) It barely looks like milk. "White soy liquid" is not the most appealing thing to look at on a shelf, but why not call it what it is instead of trying to pretend it's real milk?

Same with fake bacon. Who do you think you're kidding? If you're such a devoted veggie, the mere smell of the stuff should be verboten. Fake cheese? Please, kids, admit it, you'd rather be eating the real thing!

I know that food companies make a fortune off all the phony crap, but truthfully, I'd rather have someone make me a sincere vegetarian entree than try and fake up something "meat-like".