XPost: alt.revisionism, alt.conspiracy, alt.law-enforcement   
   From: philipmathews@comcast.net   
      
   "Seneca"  wrote in message   
   news:SuHBb.4690$im6.1676@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com...   
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   > "Susan Cohen"  wrote in message   
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   > > "Steven Mock"  wrote in message   
   > > news:Xns944C941B6E31Fsmocknizkororg@140.99.99.130...   
   > > >   
   > > > If the product is not certified as kosher, a certain number of Jews   
   will   
   > > > not buy it.  That's how said manufacturer is hurt.  If it is, they   
   will.   
   > > > That's what a manufacturer gets out of kosher-certifying a product.   
   Its   
   > > > not that complicated, really.  Indeed, its pretty much the basis of   
   > > > economics in a free market.   
   > >   
   > > What you are forgetting is that the bulk of people who look for kosher   
   > > certification are NOT Jews.   
      
   > Oh, bullshit.   
      
   Not bullshit in the least.   
      
   But ignorance has never prevented Seneca before, so why should it now.   
      
   > > People do it for health reasons, or just because they are convinced that   
   > > kosher means "pure" or even just "superior quality." In many cases, they   
   > are   
   > > correct, but there you go.   
      
   > In my entire life I have never known any non-Jew who sought kosher food   
   for   
   > any reason.   
      
   And what you claim to be your experience is evidence why?   
      
   >As for purity or "superior quality," rabbis have freely admitted   
   > that kosher food is no safer, more "pure" or healthier than non-kosher.   
      
   Which is irrelevant to whether consumers agree with the proposition or not.   
      
   > > I won't go into why certain products are kosher unless some non-bigot   
   asks   
   > > for the information.   
      
   > And of course by "non-bigot" you mean someone so inclined to pander to   
   > Jewish sensibilities that he would never ask such an embarrassing question   
   > in the first place. Understood.   
      
   Or a bigot like you  who panders to the stereotypes of Jews and other people   
   even when it involves a matter he knows nothing about.   
      
   --   
   Philip Mathews   
      
   "Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing   
   knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be   
   ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it."   
      
   Samuel Johnson   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)