Thread: Vegetarians?
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Old 11-29-2005, 09:18 PM
LittleOldLady LittleOldLady is offline
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So, I will still eat meat only if it is kosher (killed humanely/not abused).

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I have been to a kosher slaughterhouse. You should stop eating kosher meat if those are your real reasons.

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U serious?

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Pretty much the only difference is that it's slightly cleaner and the rabbis pray over the cows.

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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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