Dietary restrictions vary by caste, but high caste Hindus tend to be vegetarians. Not eating meat doesn’t mean they don’t kill animals. Most cultures tend to look down on eating humans, but it doesn’t stop wars.

Mocking Hindu practice is not a good policy if you might need to make customer service calls.

I heard this story on NPR’s morning business report, and I’m seriously considering writing in to complain about the host’s, um, snide way of introducing the story. It may not be his faith (neither is it mine), but that doesn’t give him license to mock it.