Re: Vegetarians?
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Kosher slaughtering involves shackling the cow by the foot and slitting its throat, so that the blood drains. I wouldn't argue that the cow enjoys the process. The principal difference between kosher and non-kosher meat that might interest a non-Jew is that in order to be sold as kosher each and every carcass must be carefully examined for blemishes, diseased areas, etc. Anything that has any sort of a problem is rejected and may enter the non-kosher food stream. You can be sure that kosher meat has been carefully inspected by those who consider the inspection a sacred religious act (a mitzvah). To put it mildly, the government meat inspection process is not as rigorous and is more open to corruption.
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This is true. My father used to work for Hebrew National and he observed a slab of meat that dropped off a cart onto the ground. A worker picked up the meat and put it back onto the cart. He was fired on the spot. At a normal slaughterhouse, the cattle is killed with an electric prod to the brain. It's (supposedly) painless.
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