On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 09:39:14 +0100, The Reid
While I substantially agree, I have to argue about the religeous dietry rules' being meaningless. Neither the Halal rules nor the Jewish ones are. They enforce good hygienic practice in a hot climate. Perhaps they go beyond what is strictly necessary, for instance it's fine to eat a prawn if you just pulled it out of the water even if it's 35C, but it could be a bit dodgy if you left it for a few hours. But they err on the safe side. And there were of course no refrigerators when these rules were written.
Hallal fish and Chips 307the I don't care what the reason is or who follows the law. The most unhealthy thing to me is deriding...
I once asked a Jewish doctor about the milk and meat thing, which I had never been able to understand. She told me that a mixture of meat and milk was the perfect culture for growing bacteria, so the rule was quite sound. She is not an orthodox Jew, she does not care about the Law, she does eat prawns:) But she understands bacteria.
Hallal fish and Chips 308Following up to Judith Umbria I don't think its unhealthy to tell the truth about religion. We wont get a successful multi ethnic society by pretending on the one hand that we...
I believe that it is illegal to sell dog or cat meat in this country. Do you think this is wrong? It isn't a religious law but the reason is the same - it's not healthy.
Regards, Ian
