Indian School Textbook Says Meat-Eaters Lie and Commit Sex Crimes

another random user writes with bad news from the BBC for anybody who enjoys a hamburger now and again: "Meat-eaters 'easily cheat, lie, forget promises and commit sex crimes,' according to a controversial school textbook available in India. New Healthway, a book on hygiene and health aimed at 11 and 12 year-olds, is printed by one of India's leading publishers. 'This is poisonous for children,' Janaki Rajan of the Faculty of Education at Jamia Millia University in Delhi told the BBC. 'The government has the power to take action, but they are washing their hands of it,' she said. 'The strongest argument that meat is not essential food is the fact that the Creator of this Universe did not include meat in the original diet for Adam and Eve. He gave them fruits, nuts and vegetables,' reads a chapter entitled Do We Need Flesh Food? The chapter details the 'benefits' of a vegetarian diet and goes on to list 'some of the characteristics' found among non-vegetarians. 'They easily cheat, tell lies, forget promises, they are dishonest and tell bad words, steal, fight and turn to violence and commit sex crimes,' it says."

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Re:MMMMMMMM

[MrEricSir]

According to this Indian textbook I just read, you must have stolen that burrito and now you're lying about how good it tastes.

It's a typesetting error.

[msauve]

'They easily cheat, tell lies, forget promises, they are dishonest and tell bad words, steal, fight and turn to violence and commit sex crimes,' it says.

That was supposed to go in the section on politicians.

Re:It's a typesetting error.

[narcc]

Unless you think every bald guy you've ever met is a lying, thieving, two faced, rapist.

Now that you mention it...

Re:It's a typesetting error.

[TFAFalcon]

Think how much better the outcome would have been if Eve had roasted the snake for Adam, instead of settling for the apple.

Re:PETA agrees!

[sortius_nod]

Really, am I going to have to be the one who Godwins this article?

Hitler regarded himself as a vegetarian...

Re:MMMMMMMM

[Smallpond]

Of course they're a tad high. Some of the best shit in the world comes from India. Oh. You mean ... never mind..

Your Sacred Cow ...

[srobert]

... is my hamburger.

Re:MMMMMMMM

[houghi]

The government is lying to you. I do not even have to ask what country you are from, because that is irrelevant.

This is because humans lie. You lie to others about how their baby looks. Darn, you lie to yourself how YOUR baby looks.