If You Thought Kosher Slaughter Was Bad …
I don't think the following (seen via The AnalPhilosopher) would be allowed by the laws of kashrut:
On the other hand, I suspect opponents of kosher slaughter have more goals than avoiding cruelty to animals.PASCO, Wash.--It takes 25 minutes to turn a live steer into steak at the modern slaughterhouse where Ramon Moreno works. For 20 years, his post was "second-legger," a job that entails cutting hocks off carcasses as they whirl past at a rate of 309 an hour.
The cattle were supposed to be dead before they got to Moreno. But too often they weren't.
"They blink. They make noises," he said softly. "The head moves, the eyes are wide and looking around."
Still Moreno would cut. On bad days, he says, dozens of animals reached his station clearly alive and conscious. Some would survive as far as the tail cutter, the belly ripper, the hide puller. "They die," said Moreno, "piece by piece."
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I once got in a very nasty Internet discussion on kosher slaughter. Not being Jewish, I have no particular reason to keep kosher myself; but, being Mormon, I understand the notion of religious dietary laws and the impact of religious bigotry, so I was inclined to defend kosher slaughter.
I strongly suspected that my opponent had ulterior motives, though I think they were broader than mere anti-semitism. She displayed considerable animus against all traditional religion.
It's nice to have the perspective this post provides. It also leaves me wondering if maybe I should keep some elements of kosher.
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