On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:20:21 +1100, "Rod Speed"
> wrote:

>Boron Elgar > wrote
>> Rod Speed > wrote
>>> SMS > wrote
>>>> Jonathan Kamens wrote
>>>>> Sqwertz > writes
>
>>>>>> Obtaining payment from another by threat of harm is certainly extortion.
>
>>>>> Obtaining payment from another for a service rendered is not
>>>>> extortion. Companies that do not wish to have their products
>>>>> certified kosher do not need to avail themselves of the service
>>>>> offered by the certification agencies and thus do not need to pay
>>>>> for it. Ther eis no "threat."
>
>>>>> Products that are not certified kosher are not purchased by Jews who
>>>>> care about such things. This is not a "boycott," it is capitalism in action.
>
>>>> But the real reason for the huge increase in the number of certified
>>>> kosher products is because products that are not certified kosher
>>>> are also not purchased by non-Jews that care about such things.
>
>>> Easy to claim, hell of a lot harder to substantiate that claim.
>
>> http://health.usnews.com/articles/he...ood-safer.html
>
>Doesnt do a damned thing to substantiate that claim.

Actually it does, and does so with numbers.
>
>In spades with his other even sillier claim that the vast bulk
>of deliberate purchases of kosher food is by non jews.

Let's see you refute it with a citation of your own...you know...one
that you don't have to reach too far up your ass to get.

Since all you are providing is BS to counter the citation I provide, I
say, put up or shut up. Granted, I picked up this thread from rfc, not
your own personal wallow, I'll keep looking for you to provide some
hard facts to prove your point or disprove what the page above
indicates - that non-Jews will purchase kosher certified foods because
they
>
>> Is Kosher Food Safer?
>> By Deborah Kotz
>> Posted January 11, 2008
>
>> "Not only Jews look for the kosher symbol on food these days.
>> In a surprising turn of events, "kosher" has become the most
>> popular claim on new food products, trouncing "organic" and
>> "no additives or preservatives," according to a recent report.
>
>Different matter entirely to the claim he made.

Well, no, chub scratcher, it isn't. If you have trouble reading for
comprehension, get someone to translate for you.

As I said, disprove it or refute it with an outside source, or STFU,
because you don't know what you're talking about...which I see is
common behavior in your case.

Boron