The Most Intolerant Wins: The Dictatorship of the Small Minority

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21 points·snambi··10 comments

"A Kosher (or halal) eater will never eat nonkosher (or nonhalal) food , but a nonkosher eater isn’t banned from eating kosher."

Well no, but I would never, if given the choice, buy kosher or halal food. I would also not buy pope-approved or hare krishna-blessed food either. I'm perfectly happy with stores carrying those items for people who want them, as long as they are clearly labeled so that I know what I buy.

Even if its tasty? Why not?

Generally out of liking animals to be stunned and not to suffer when they are slaughtered

Halal rites do not prevent stunning. It's tradition in parts of the Middle East, but not mandated, and not done by all butchers.

You know how HN says that we should always vote with our wallets? I try to follow that with food - I don't want my food to have anything to do with any religion, even if it makes the tastiest food in the world - I just refuse to spend any money on it.

Interesting... What kind of silverware do you use? Certainly not Oneida?

Ikea?

So no Hershey's chocolate? No Coca-Cola? No Kellogg's cereals? No milk? Unless you're eating cheeseburgers for every meal I think it would almost be harder to avoid all kosher foods than to keep kosher.

See this, from yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12285545

What did I just read? That was ... a motley rant.

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