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Countries banning of kosher meats are forcing "expulsion" of Jews

Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
Both. We can introduce animals from all over the world to the California environment, and create a multi-cultural animal kingdom. Per se. And shoot them all during the proper 'season'.

...I want some Red Panda and sloth hamburgers.
Ranchers are far from being fans of gray wolves (timber wolves where I grew up). Wolves are permanently gone from much of their former habitat. Though I am not sure if gray wolves were ever big in California.

Turns out they weren't:

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Rats, image is not posting. Click on "Reply" if you want to see it.
 

rosends

Well-Known Member
Just as an FYI, I quite easily found a video of a kosher slaughter online. I'm not one to judge whether the animal felt pain after the cut - there was certainly twitching for 2-3 seconds but that might be like the "chicken with its head cut off" -- I have no way of assessing the sensations the animal felt then. The various experts on that particular side say that it isn't a reflection of any feeling while the experts on the other say that it is.
 

charlie sc

Well-Known Member
Just as an FYI, I quite easily found a video of a kosher slaughter online. I'm not one to judge whether the animal felt pain after the cut - there was certainly twitching for 2-3 seconds but that might be like the "chicken with its head cut off" -- I have no way of assessing the sensations the animal felt then. The various experts on that particular side say that it isn't a reflection of any feeling while the experts on the other say that it is.
Can you cite those experts?
 

IndigoChild5559

Loving God and my neighbor as myself.
That is a weak excuse. Your side claims that it is painless, but yet won't show clear videos of the process. That should tell you something.

Why the objection to stunning? It should be viewed as part of the kosher slaughter process.
In kosher slaughter, the animal is specifically required to be conscious. Perhaps those who are more knowledgeable than I am can comment more on that.
 

IndigoChild5559

Loving God and my neighbor as myself.
Are you saying you're questioning the validity of the videos?
I'm simply saying that the videos that you are watching online are all of abuses, such as those that occurred at Agriprocessors.

The only objection that animal rights activists have of kosher slaughter WHEN ITS DONE CORRECTLY is that animals don't deserve to be killed in any way at all.
 

charlie sc

Well-Known Member
I'm simply saying that the videos that you are watching online are all of abuses, such as those that occurred at Agriprocessors.

The only objection that animal rights activists have of kosher slaughter WHEN ITS DONE CORRECTLY is that animals don't deserve to be killed in any way at all.
No, they're being slaughtered while they're conscious. Why, because your holy book says so? Legal aspects of ritual slaughter - Wikipedia

Why is it ok for your religion to increase the suffering of other beings when it is not needed?
 

charlie sc

Well-Known Member
When doing the search, I found this site which lists all sorts of experts (to their standards -- I haven't checked anyone's bona fides here either, but earlier, I had posted a site which gave both sides' experts an attributed chance to speak)
Kosher Slaughter: Setting The Record Straight - OU Kosher
This site does not look good or expert-like. I saw no references,I saw appeal to authorities and even a rhetorical question... and there's definitely a conflict of interest. Look at the company's website.
 

rosends

Well-Known Member
This site does not look good or expert-like. I saw no references,I saw appeal to authorities and even a rhetorical question... and there's definitely a conflict of interest. Look at the company's website.
I saw non-fallacious appeals to authority on both sides of the issue and the websites which cited those particular authorities on both sides were partisan sites selecting their experts to substantiate their positions. The earlier site I had listed (a few pages back) presented a single authority for each side and presented their degrees/qualifications.
 

charlie sc

Well-Known Member
I saw non-fallacious appeals to authority on both sides of the issue and the websites which cited those particular authorities on both sides were partisan sites selecting their experts to substantiate their positions. The earlier site I had listed (a few pages back) presented a single authority for each side and presented their degrees/qualifications.
Tu quoque again. I've noticed this is common in this thread.

On either side, I need references, so I can verify which claim is valid and reliable. You claimed THIS site was an expert site and I'm saying it's not good for the reasons I gave.
 

rosends

Well-Known Member
Tu quoque again. I've noticed this is common in this thread.

On either side, I need references, so I can verify which claim is valid and reliable. You claimed THIS site was an expert site and I'm saying it's not good for the reasons I gave.
Actually I said that the site lists all kinds of experts (Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Patty Judge, Dr. Henry Lawson, the USDA veterinarian at the plant, Rabbi Dr. I.M. Levinger, a veterinarian, an animal welfare and handling specialist, Studies done by Dr. H. H. Dukes at the Cornell University School of Veterinary Medicine), not that it is an expert site ("I found this site which lists all sorts of experts") and clarified that they were considered experts according to the standard of the site, not to any standard I applied. It would be best if you limited your responses to what I actually wrote.

Additionally, I find it strange to label what I wrote as a tu quoque fallacy as I made no criticism of any other claim and spoke only of my own referenced sites.
 

charlie sc

Well-Known Member
Actually I said that the site lists all kinds of experts (Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Patty Judge, Dr. Henry Lawson, the USDA veterinarian at the plant, Rabbi Dr. I.M. Levinger, a veterinarian, an animal welfare and handling specialist, Studies done by Dr. H. H. Dukes at the Cornell University School of Veterinary Medicine), not that it is an expert site ("I found this site which lists all sorts of experts") and clarified that they were considered experts according to the standard of the site, not to any standard I applied. It would be best if you limited your responses to what I actually wrote.
I'm looking for studies done, not what people said. Unfortunately, defending practices that seem harmful is not an easy task. We can tell when another being is suffering because we are empathetic beings, most of the time anyway. I don't need an expert to tell me a child or dog is suffering after someone kicks them. Your position is that, I assume, Kosher slaughtering done the correct way avoids any, or most, unnecessary suffering. If you're asking people not to use their empathetic side and instead follow reason, you'll have to do better than this person or that person said this. I'm not going to sift through studies to find what you want me to find. Bring a study here and stop wasting time.

Additionally, I find it strange to label what I wrote as a tu quoque fallacy as I made no criticism of any other claim and spoke only of my own referenced sites.
This time I said tu quoque, not fallacy. I said this because you're learning towards it. We're talking about the claim mentioned above, not about the other side. Yet, it seems when confronted, you have to bring up the other side as if it'll somehow lesson your burden of proof or elevate your position.

This is quite tiresome. You are quite tiresome.
 

rosends

Well-Known Member
I'm looking for studies done, not what people said.
As I was referencing a specific website and not making an argument on my own, I was limited to the one study that was listed there.
Your position is that, I assume, Kosher slaughtering done the correct way avoids any, or most, unnecessary suffering.
What I can't figure out is why people keep assuming my position and arguing with what they assume? My position is that I found the video which another person asked for and when I simply retell what that and other websites (on both sides of the issue) list, I am taken to task for their argumentation.

If you're asking people not to use their empathetic side and instead follow reason, you'll have to do better than this person or that person said this. I'm not going to sift through studies to find what you want me to find. Bring a study here and stop wasting time.
Again, telling me what I am supposedly asking. I was very clear about what I was doing -- pointing out that I found a video that another person said he would want to see. When asked to cite the experts all I can do is give ones mentioned on the websites that make the argument.

This time I said tu quoque, not fallacy. I said this because you're learning towards it.
When I don't criticize anything, I am leaning towards a certain criticism? If you would have gone to the website I mentioned earlier, you would see that I presented a site that had both sides and I took no stand on it. It seems more productive to respond to what people present, not to what we think they mean or expect that they should be doing.

Since I have made no claim there is no burden of proof. What is tiresome is the repeated inability of certain respondents to stay focused on exactly what is being said and appreciate when a piece of data, preciously absent is introduced. If you think people would be better served NOT being given information, then just say so. Meanwhile, telling me what I'm doing wrong when you are not paying attention to what I'm actually doing is ridiculous.
 

charlie sc

Well-Known Member
As I was referencing a specific website and not making an argument on my own, I was limited to the one study that was listed there.
You're wasting my time.

What I can't figure out is why people keep assuming my position and arguing with what they assume? My position is that I found the video which another person asked for and when I simply retell what that and other websites (on both sides of the issue) list, I am taken to task for their argumentation.
Great, you found a video. Want a cookie?

Again, telling me what I am supposedly asking. I was very clear about what I was doing -- pointing out that I found a video that another person said he would want to see. When asked to cite the experts all I can do is give ones mentioned on the websites that make the argument.
You said, "The various experts on that particular side say that it isn't a reflection of any feeling while the experts on the other say that it is." I asked for the citation. You gave me one and I critiqued it. This should have been the end of the story but you continued if you were only saying what you saw from other websites. Again, stop wasting time.

When I don't criticize anything, I am leaning towards a certain criticism? If you would have gone to the website I mentioned earlier,
Link it. Don't expect me to sift through this whole thread.

Since I have made no claim there is no burden of proof
I asked for a citation, you gave me one. I critiqued it and then you started some tu quoque argument. What's wrong with you?

What is tiresome is the repeated inability of certain respondents to stay focused on exactly what is being said and appreciate when a piece of data, preciously absent is introduced. If you think people would be better served NOT being given information, then just say so. Meanwhile, telling me what I'm doing wrong when you are not paying attention to what I'm actually doing is ridiculous.
I like good data, not arguments from appeals to authority. You gave a bad website and I told you. So why are you continuing? Either give some published papers or stop wasting time.
 

Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
When doing the search, I found this site which lists all sorts of experts (to their standards -- I haven't checked anyone's bona fides here either, but earlier, I had posted a site which gave both sides' experts an attributed chance to speak)
Kosher Slaughter: Setting The Record Straight - OU Kosher

Merely linking a study does not support one's claims. One must read it and quote from it. In fact this source appears to support the claims of those saying that it is not a humane practice. For example one of your sources said that the loss of consciousness was instantaneous and I stated that anyone that knew the least bit of physiology knew that was not the case. And the article that you linked supports my claim:

". Studies done by Dr. H. H. Dukes at the Cornell University School of Veterinary Medicine indicate that the animal is unconscious within seconds of the incision."

Seconds is not instantaneous. And how many seconds? Is ten seconds of terror humane? The claim of those advocating stunning is that it causes less pain. Perfect? No, far from it. But better than any other method that we have right now. Also the article noted that there can be failures in attempts to stun. It gave an allowable percentage of failures, but gave no statistics on how many failures that there were. Meanwhile they did not acknowledge how many botched attempts of kosher slaughter occurred, nor what the allowable percentage of failed attempts exist. It is very misleading to use the number of allowable failures as a an estimate of how many failures that occur. In the opinions of those that observed the few seconds of consciousness after the throat was cut, which cannot be painless was within what they judged to be "humane". Others do not think that a few seconds of terror is permissible. That is why countries are banning this practice.
 

rosends

Well-Known Member
You're wasting my time.
Since I was responding to someone else's need and you chose to respond, you are choosing to waster your time.
Great, you found a video. Want a cookie?
Can't. I'm on Atkins. Did you have anything to say on topic?
You said, "The various experts on that particular side say that it isn't a reflection of any feeling while the experts on the other say that it is." I asked for the citation. You gave me a cite I critiqued. This should have been the end of the story but you continued if you were only saying what you saw from other websites. Again, stop wasting time.
You asked for something and I said that I can't do any more than show what the referred to site had. If that's not enough for you then that's great. That's a flaw in THEIR method, not mine. Respond to them and move along. If there is nothing to see here then you respond only to see yourself type.

Link it. Don't expect me to sift through this whole thread.
I shall continue to lower my expectations then. At first, I expected you to read. Now I won't expect you to search or sift.
I asked for a citation, you gave me one. I crituqued it and then you started some tu quoque argument. What's wrong with you?
What wa the tu quoque argument? I didn't claim that anyone else had committed the same error as I was being criticized of having committed. Can you show me where I did?

I like good data, not arguments from appeals to authority. You gave a bad website and I told you. So why are you continuing? Either give some published papers or stop wasting time.
I like good data also and if I'm arguing about something, I tend to cite it. But when I am giving information ["there is a website which has people it considers experts who make contrary arguments"], I give the information and let others decide what they want to do with it. Some people would investigate it, or take it for what it is superficially worth. Others, it seems, would shoot the messenger. Keep assuming what I'm doing. Keep being wrong. C'est la vie.
 

rosends

Well-Known Member
Merely linking a study does not support one's claims. One must read it and quote from it. In fact this source appears to support the claims of those saying that it is not a humane practice. For example one of your sources said that the loss of consciousness was instantaneous and I stated that anyone that knew the least bit of physiology knew that was not the case.
I agree. You make a good point here.
And the article that you linked supports my claim:

". Studies done by Dr. H. H. Dukes at the Cornell University School of Veterinary Medicine indicate that the animal is unconscious within seconds of the incision."

Seconds is not instantaneous. And how many seconds? Is ten seconds of terror humane?
True, and I mentioned that in the video I watched it took 2-3 seconds and I didn't know what the animal felt there. So far, so good.
The claim of those advocating stunning is that it causes less pain. Perfect? No, far from it. But better than any other method that we have right now. Also the article noted that there can be failures in attempts to stun. It gave an allowable percentage of failures, but gave no statistics on how many failures that there were.
Yes, I saw that. What troubled me, though, was that it reported (and, yes, I haven't confirmed) an acceptable number as a failure rate. But that's a side thought.
Meanwhile they did not acknowledge how many botched attempts of kosher slaughter occurred, nor what the allowable percentage of failed attempts exist.
Absolutely true. It was a strange omssion.
It is very misleading to use the number of allowable failures as a an estimate of how many failures that occur. In the opinions of those that observed the few seconds of consciousness after the throat was cut, which cannot be painless was within what they judged to be "humane". Others do not think that a few seconds of terror is permissible. That is why countries are banning this practice.
I completely understand. I refrained from posting the video because I am squeamish and thought others might be, but I can provide the link if you would like.
 

Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
I agree. You make a good point here.

True, and I mentioned that in the video I watched it took 2-3 seconds and I didn't know what the animal felt there. So far, so good.

Yes, I saw that. What troubled me, though, was that it reported (and, yes, I haven't confirmed) an acceptable number as a failure rate. But that's a side thought.

Absolutely true. It was a strange omssion.
I completely understand. I refrained from posting the video because I am squeamish and thought others might be, but I can provide the link if you would like.
I am not squeamish, but videos are problematic. They will only tend to show what we both acknowledge. That when done correctly stunning is instantaneous and when done correctly kosher slaughter is a matter of seconds. Both have their failures that make for very hard to watch videos. The problem with kosher slaughter is that even ideally it is not as humane as stunning. Why not combine the two? A quick stun will make the cow unconscious, its heart will still act the same when the cut is made. It could be thought of the last bit of the calming process that you said existed. The way that cows are immobilized for the cut makes the application of a bolt to the head almost foolproof. If you see stunning videos you can see that the bolt device is trying to hit an at times moving target. With the application of both techniques kosher slaughter would be more humane than stunning of a steer that is not restrained.
 
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