Calling for a change in etiquette

I don't understand the obsessive need to clink each and every single glass during a toast? With six or eight or ten people at the table, is it really necessary to navigate your glass amongst the half dozen others in an effort to make glass-on-glass contact with each and every one?

What ever happened to the ceremonial raising of the glass, or better yet, the un-orchestrated joining of glasses at the center of the table without concern for which two glasses ultimately touched?  As with many...