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According to new research done at Oxford University, people who eat meat are less likely to suffer from shrinking of the brain than those that stick strictly to a vegetarian diet.
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This doesn’t mean that vegetarians need to immediately start eating meat; it just means that when they decide to attack meat-eaters they should think about their small mindedness before hand.
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I wonder how many vegetarians have won a Nobel Prize?
A fair few Hindus I would guess.
Are Hindus vegetarian? I thought they only cannot eat beef.
Some are and some aren’t. Beef is forbidden. Some go further, because they believe that animals are reincarnated humans and humans are reincarnated animals, but I don’t think that the religion officially requires this.
I thought reincarnations is Buddhist, but never mind.
The higher the caste the more restricted is the diet. Untouchablesw can eat what they like. Of course killin a sacred cow, even accidentally, will get you into a world of pain.
I didn’t know that - thanks. About that sacred cow: is it OK to eat it if someone else killed it, or if it was simply struck by lightning (hopefully having been marinated a day before)?
IIRC, strict adherence forbids even cow’s milk, and that’s where the cow isn’t harmed.
So, I’m going to guess that beef isn’t going to happen.
*shrug*
Alisa,
If you can arrange to marinate a live cow and then arrange for it to be killed by a lightning strike I’d best be careful around you. Those are godlike powers
No, I don’t think eating sacred cows (a particular breed) is on any which way. I think they’re buried with full Hindu honours.
Nick, unfortunately (!) I don’t do lightning. I just thought I’d marinate the cow in advance when a thunderstorm is in the forecast, let it out to the pasture, and hope for the best.
A particular breed? I thought it’s just any cow. Does this mean that a different breed can be killed/eaten/both?