Is feeding pork to Muslims wrong?
Now here's something to ponder on.
I just read, that in Antwerp in Belgium, schools will begin serving Halal-meat and only Halal-meat on school trips in order to attract the Muslim pupils along for a day of fun and learning. I understand the turn-out of this particular segment of the overall student body has been somewhat lacking in the past.
Anyway, according to my Well Placed Sources, this or that minister behind the initiative reportedly commented on the complaints filed by some mildly displeased Flemings somewhere along the lines of: "I don't see the problem. We could have kept this a secret, and no one would've found out."
She is perhaps right, that no one would've found out. But what about imposing religious dogma on pupils, in our secular socities? But enough of that, that is politics and religions and stuff. This thread is not meant to be too serious. To the point: I started thinking, why not do the opposite. Let the Flemings claim it to be halal, while in actual fact it isn't. Its also cheaper that way, the economist in me says. Is this morally more right, or more wrong?
The whole debacle brings to mind a scene from my formative years in an international British school in a country far, far away. I was sitting in the school canteen with some of my friends, one of whom was Iranian. He was from a pretty secular family and he would drink alcohol and did his best to score with chicks. So, back to the canteen. I was sitting there, in the canteen, and as the Iranian got up to refill his glass of water, I spontaneously switched his chicken for my pork. He comes back and continues eating. My friends and I are holding our breath and our laughter, as if we'd hidden excrement in his dish. We are unable to hold it any longer, and we spill the beans. At first our friend was a little shocked, it was obvious he had never eaten pork before despite his secular background. Soon enough, apparently realizing he was still alive and breathing and not smitten down, he joined in on the laughter.
And before I leave you to your flames, another incident springs to mind. Namely, the soup-kitchens of France. I can't for the sake of me remember which city this incident occurred in, but it occurred nonetheless. There was a soup-kitchen serving traditional French soup, that cointains pork, to the homeless. It is to be admitted, the group behind the endeavour did have some links to the "French xenophobic right". The soup-kitchen was declared discriminatory and thus promptly banned/illegalized/shunned. Its not as if its physically impossible for Muslims to dine on pork, they choose to abstain from it. So why rid all the fine non-Muslim hoboes of their nutrition?
Is the answer to just tell a white lie and insist that the dishes are halal and pork-free?
Let us contemplate.
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Originally Posted by Idwayreth
