On Mar 15, 4:20�pm, jdoe > wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:31:34 -0700 (PDT), Sheldon >
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> >On Mar 14, 11:00?pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
> >> pavane <pavane >> wrote:
> >> > "Sqwertz" > wrote in ...
> >> >| Jonathan Kamens <Jonathan Kamens >>
> >> >| wrote:
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> >> >|>http://www.snopes.com/racial/business/kosher.asp
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> >> >|> "Claim: Certain symbols displayed on the packaging of a variety of
> >> >|> grocery items signify that their manufacturers have paid a secrete tax
> >> >|> to the Jews.
> >> >|>
> >> >|> "Status: False."
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> >> >| I prefer to call it extortion, but it's all in the name of God
> >> >| so it must be OK.
> >> >|
> >> >| Extortion is what it is.
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> >> > We are glad that you set us straight on that. ?It is good to have
> >> > a definitive explanation that a few thousand years of religious
> >> > and traditional history are extortion. ?Thank you for your service
> >> > to humanity.
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> >> What else would you call these private corporations set up to
> >> certify your products kosher for large, reoccurring fees, or else be
> >> subjected to a boycott by the Jewish community?
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> >> If it was truly for religious reasons, wouldn't it be done on a
> >> volunteer basis as an act of goodwill?
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> >> There doesn't seem to be any basis for these arbitrary dietary laws
> >> in the first place, except to keep you aware of your faith and the
> >> threat of going to hell if you don't obey these laws.
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> >There's no extra costs for keeping kosher, most foods on stupidmarket
> >shelves are kosher by default anyway and it costs nothing extra to
> >refrain from consuming non kosher foods and mixing meat with dairy.
> >And most who claim to eat kosher meats don't, there are very few
> >kosher butchers anymore... many go through the motions of salting is
> >all, same as before there was ever a kosher butcher shop... kosher is
> >primarily a mindset, a very plastic mindset that stretches as far as
> >one chooses.... it's really like kids playing marbles, folks make up
> >new rules and bend the old rules on the spot as they go. �Kosher costs
> >nothing extra.
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> >The only time one pays more for kosher is eating at restuarants, but
> >then all specialty restaurants are expensive.
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> the voice of ignorance


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