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I've always assumed that it's because pigs will eat human excrement. The article kind of, sort of, brushes on that. And that's gross and might be just the thi
by MarkusWandel 2y ago
I've always assumed that it's because pigs will eat human excrement. The article kind of, sort of, brushes on that. And that's gross and might be just the thing to push pork from a marginalized, lower class food to outright prohibited.
- _1tem 2y agoThis is the justification given in the Quran - pigs are called “filthy”. The pig remains a symbol of disgust even in cultures that consume it - see how Ukrainian memes portray Putin and Russian soldiers with pig caricatures.
- MarkusWandel 2y agoFact. Germans (I am one) are enthusiastic pork eaters, yet the pig makes an appearance in derogatory words e.g. "Schweinerei" for something messy/disgusting or "Sauhund" for a disliked person. Then again, it is also a symbol of luck, e.g. little marzipan pigs, or the expression "Schwein gehabt" for a lucky event.
- LargoLasskhyfv 2y agoDer fährt wie 'ne gesengte Sau! / Drives like a pig on fire. Quiek! edit: also Sparschwein even more edit: I grew up in a part of Bonn Bad Godesberg called Schweinheim. Steep hillside up to the plateau of the Kottenforst. Has been used as so called 'Hütewald' in old times, because it wasn't good for much else, because too steep. Grunz!
- alexejb 2y agoit's the other way around - ukrainians are depicted as pigs. Сало уронили - героям сала!
- riku_iki 2y agoYour citation actually doesn't indicate Ukrainians are associated with pigs there.
- _1tem 2y agoProves my point. Both sides insult each other using pig symbols.
- alexejb 2y agoI think western propaganda rather promotes the use of "orcs" or skewed history in the shape of "mongols" towards russians.
- bejdofk 2y agoThat does not take a sense. Dogs eat human excrements, but they are totally clean animals. No parasites whatsoever. It is totally safe to keep them in your house and even lick their mouths!
- MarkusWandel 2y agoBut who eats them?
- bejdofk 2y agoI guess you may eat some if their saliva, or excrements, or dander by accident. It gets everywhere. But there is nothing to be afraid of.
- genewitch 2y agoIn the US? Not many. We also don't eat horse, cat, and in general don't eat elk, deer, squirrel, possum, racoon, or boar; but some people do. Most people in the US don't eat things you can't buy at supermarkets.
- giraffe_lady 2y agoWhere the hell did you get that idea? We had to deworm the farm dogs all the time growing up. My cousin got tapeworm from a dog's fleas once. Animals that live or work outside will have exposure to parasites, cleanliness is only a partial protection. No animals are totally immune as far as I know.
- bejdofk 2y agoHow do you get a tape worm from dogs fleas? This thing spreads over excrements, but not in dogs. Dogs are totally clean, and they are immune. You must exercise your immune system to get used to it.
- giraffe_lady 2y agook
- speed_spread 2y agoYeah, pigs will eat _anything_. They are self-propelled trash compactors and bioreactors, actively converting rubbish into manure that can be used to fertilize soil. I can understand not wanting to eat them in that setting.
- m000 2y agoMy personal theory is that the pork taboo may have emerged from this, with human greed being the catalyst. I.e. when pig farming became a business, people probably started feeding pigs with literal garbage instead of proper animal feed, to make as much profit as possible. Without science and without the equivalents mechanisms of FDA/USDA, inspecting the produced meat for suitability would probably be nearly impossible. This would eventually lead to a series of public health incidents, which would be straightforward to trace to pork. This would in turn led the clerics to label pork "unclean", in order to protect the public from such outbreaks. This was efficient since it doesn't need rigorous enforcement of the ban, and also would drive down the demand, thus the incentive to feed your pigs crap.
- thewileyone 2y agoWell, feeding cattle parts back to cattle causes bovine spongiform encephalopathyl, which is transferable to humans, so does it make cattle unclean too?
- aaronbaugher 2y agoThey don't really eat manure; they root through it looking for undigested food, usually grain. But chickens do the same thing, and fish swim around in their own excrement, but most no-pork people eat chicken and fish, so...[shrug].
- lm28469 2y ago> but most no-pork people eat chicken and fish, so...[shrug]. Yeah... watch a few videos of pretty much any kind of industrial scale meat/fish/poultry farming and you'll shit, blood and piss... which isn't even the most revolting/disgusting things you'd witness
- hermitcrab 2y agoIIRC on some Pacific islands the 'toilet pig' (the one you fed with your own waste) was a special delicacy. Can't find anything online from a quick Google though. Also, pigs are known to eat humans from time to time.
- pstuart 2y ago> pigs are known to eat humans from time to time. apropos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NV00luZurw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NV00luZurw
- hermitcrab 2y agoOne of my wife's distant relatives was killed by a domestic pig. Don't know if he was eaten.
- SpecialistK 2y agoThere are also a lot of urban legends (some of which I suspect have a grain of truth) about a notorious serial killer in British Columbia who had a pig farm...
- o999 2y agoAn animal that eats manure are prohibited to eat in Islam, even if it is a normaly halal species (e.g. goats)