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From: sms@eisx.UUCP (Samuel Saal)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: a small DIGRESSION
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Date: Thu, 13-Jun-85 15:12:22 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 13 15:12:22 1985
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>     Many people today, and indeed the ancient Hellenistic society, believe that
> circumcision is wrong "in the eyes of our maker";  similarly, many feel kosher
> slaughtering of animals is cruel.  Before you say that our right to practice
> ....
> 	Barry Buchbinder


No one who has looked into the neurological ramifications of the
Jewish method of slaughter has been able to say it is a cruel
method.  The fact that a nick in the knife is grounds for the
shochet to lose his job because a nick might slow the death is
one part. It has been shown that severing the jugular causes the
animal to become insensitive almost instantaneously is certainly
far more humane than most other forms of slaughter. I don't want
to get into a big discussion about hunting, but compare trying to
shoot a deer from 100 feet with a high powered rifle and not
doing the job completely on the first shot.  I believe it was a
humanist philosopher who said it is no wonder that the Jews are
such a peaceful people. No Jewish woman has ever had the blood of
a chicken who's neck has just been wrung on her hands. (sorry if
my paraphrasing has lost its grammatic correctness)

Sam Saal              ..{ihnp4}!eisx!sms