hahahahaha...its not nonsense..its sense...the hindu conviction about animals is based on your stupid belief in the doctrine of reincarnation....The prohibition of eating beef was applied in later stages in Hindu society. Mahatma Gandhi could not accept slaughtering of cows and he insisted the Hindus on sacrificing their lives to protect cow. This had so much influence on people that even the secular leader like Nehru could not remove the prohibitory order of non-killing of bullocks from the Hindu society." -- Avijit Roy.