Robert's observations tie in with Islamic
regulations/norms concerning animal slaughter.
Jugular/knife/clean death.
Best,
Piers
--- Richard Armstrong <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thanks to Henry, Robert, Patricia for their
> comments. I agree, Henry,
> Patricia, Majid's choice of death was particularly
> visceral and awful. But I wonder
> too, seen from my northern European perspective,
> whether knives are a
> peculiarly 'Mediterranean' way of death. (I am
> determined to nail this down to a
> specific culture!) I liked Robert's observation
> about a method of slaughtering
> livestock. Arabs are regarded as something akin to
> animals in certain French
> quarters, sadly.
> Best,
> Richard
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