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France’s ‘racist’ soup kitchen shut down
The temperature on the street had dropped to minus three and the homeless stood in knots of two or three, blowing on their hands to relieve the bitter cold, as plastic bowls of steaming soupe au cochon were prepared.
“Hot wine?” asked the elegant blonde woman behind the table. But before anything could be served, the police arrived flourishing an order from the local authorities in Strasbourg to shut down the mobile soup kitchen.
The scene has been repeated all over France in recent weeks after complaints that extreme Right-wing groups have been serving “racist” food.
As a result of the closures, hundreds of homeless people will go hungry. The groups giving out the soup say it is nothing more than traditional French cuisine.
I cannot begin to point out the errors in the line of thought of this soup kitchen being shut down. Number one, Islam is not a race and neither is Judaism. Any person can convert to either religion. Number two, I find it pretty hilarious that the French authorities sought to include Jews in there when Jewish law permits a Jew to not practice Kosher if they do not have any food and as a result of not consulting a Rabbi to learn anything about Jewish law, they posted anti-Semetic rhetoric as well by not including the fact that Jews can be exempt from Kosher if they are in a state of poverty. Most Rabbis interpret Jewish laws as laws to ‘live by’, not to die by. Number three, the same goes for halaal (I checked with a Muslim friend of mine). Number four, since when did it become ‘racist’ to serve traditional cuisine at a soup kitchen and since when could beggers be choosers?
The temperature on the street had dropped to minus three and the homeless stood in knots of two or three, blowing on their hands to relieve the bitter cold, as plastic bowls of steaming soupe au cochon were prepared.
“Hot wine?” asked the elegant blonde woman behind the table. But before anything could be served, the police arrived flourishing an order from the local authorities in Strasbourg to shut down the mobile soup kitchen.
The scene has been repeated all over France in recent weeks after complaints that extreme Right-wing groups have been serving “racist” food.
As a result of the closures, hundreds of homeless people will go hungry. The groups giving out the soup say it is nothing more than traditional French cuisine.
I cannot begin to point out the errors in the line of thought of this soup kitchen being shut down. Number one, Islam is not a race and neither is Judaism. Any person can convert to either religion. Number two, I find it pretty hilarious that the French authorities sought to include Jews in there when Jewish law permits a Jew to not practice Kosher if they do not have any food and as a result of not consulting a Rabbi to learn anything about Jewish law, they posted anti-Semetic rhetoric as well by not including the fact that Jews can be exempt from Kosher if they are in a state of poverty. Most Rabbis interpret Jewish laws as laws to ‘live by’, not to die by. Number three, the same goes for halaal (I checked with a Muslim friend of mine). Number four, since when did it become ‘racist’ to serve traditional cuisine at a soup kitchen and since when could beggers be choosers?