On 2015-03-12 09:57:14 +0000, jmcquown said:

> On 3/9/2015 7:46 PM, Mark Thorson wrote:
>> State in western India enacts 5-year sentence
>> for possession or sale of beef.
>>
>> http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...for-possession
>>
>>
> The cows aren't worth eating; they are skin and bones, wandering around
> starving because "God" will take care of them. (Yep, just like with
> people.) See that first photo in your article? They have cow
> shelters. In the US we have animal shelters but they mostly involve
> dogs and cats.
>
> <said facetiously> Sure, it's better to just let them go without food,
> because they're "sacred". Oh, please, don't feed them, fatten them up
> and let people actually have something to eat.
>
> Ridiculous.
>
> Jill

The beef taboo in India is no different than the pork and
non-scaly-seafood taboos that Muslims and Jews share, or the horse, dog
and cat meat taboos that many European (and Anglo) cultures observe.

The poverty in rural India certainly isn't caused by the lack of
quality beef anyway.