Sqwertz > wrote
> Rod Speed >> wrote
>> Sqwertz > wrote:

>>> If it was truly for religious reasons, wouldn't it be
>>> done on a volunteer basis as an act of goodwill?

>> Cant think of any that are done like that.
>
> What's your address? I'll have some Jehovah's and Mormons come over
> and chat with your for a few hours and asses your religious needs.
> For free!

Nothing like what was being discussed.

> I guess the difference is that Jewish people are already 'in'.

So its nothing like what was being discussed.

>> You dont get funerals or christenings or marraiges for free etc.

> Yeah - I'm a big fan of all these religious practices.

Irrelevant to whether kosher is extortion.

>> Doesnt make it extortion.

> Obtaining payment from another by threat of harm is certainly extortion.

Pity kosher is nothing like that, just stupid.