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Topic subjectRE: Whats wrong with eating pork???
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4624, RE: Whats wrong with eating pork???
Posted by dhalgren718, Thu Jun-05-03 02:42 PM
>There's nothing wrong with it. Its all some bullshit old
>Jewish and Muslim superstitions that haven't been able to
>die. just cook the shit and you won't get an infection.

Would this 'bullshit' be anything like the Christian 'bullshit' aversion to meat on their sabbath?
And while in the past, the dietary laws were set to deal with trichinosis, the congenital high blood pressure in the Jewish community makes eating pork a bad idea as a high-sodium food source. Similarly, modern interpretations of dietary law refer to prohibition of treif (non-kosher foods) as an expression of personal and religious discipline – that not all things are meant to be possessed and consumed.


>immediately followed by one of my
>Okayplayer stalkers, either Dhlagren718 or LordVingtune

That's RIGHT! You figured me out, Bobby – YOU'RE MY NEW PROJECT.