meanwhile, just to show that stupid knows no season ...

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New York Magazine's Daily Intel service has the whole horrific story of yet another way in which our fundamental freedoms are being subverted:

Halal Turkeys Are Tainting Thanksgiving, Says Pamela Geller

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But... Bonkers.

[mastadge.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately this crap isn't limited to internet crazies. The Netherlands is looking to ban halal and kashrut slaughter, for "animal welfare" reasons. Because a cleanly and quickly slit throat is so much more horrific than "humane" methods like . . . stunning the animal first by puncturing its skull with a captive bolt gun. Obviously religious prejudices have nothing to do with it.

Yes, I know there have been occasional horror stories of "halal" butchers hacking away with dull blades, but then, there's no shortage of evidence of our humane stunning failing, leaving animals conscious on the assembly line to be boiled alive or dismembered or whatever, whichever comes first depending on breed and factory farm location.

[chalcedony.livejournal.com]

So my turkey is kosher, then? Okay.

Have a happy Thanksgiving.

[daisytells.livejournal.com]

Kosher poultry is slaughtered the same way, by cutting the carotid, the jugular and the esophagus with a very sharp knife. Consciousness is quickly lost due to lowering of blood pressure. So, what is the problem? Is it the religious endorsement on these birds? That might be out of line here in the USA, unless the makers of Butterballs (no butter, just oil is used) label the birds as certified for halal, kosher, and other faiths, or even no faith at all. How about labelling them as "humanely slaughtered" which is what the halal birds are?