This prejudice against pigs has got to stop! They are intelligent animals and are very clean.

Taboos are culturally imposed. I know a man who is not Muslim or Jewish but because he grew up in the Middle East, he will not eat pork because it is so deeply imbedded that it is unclean.

Perhaps when it became taboo, they didn't know that undercooking was the cause of medical problems. Who knows? I've always wondered about this particular taboo.