Have you ever heard the saying a little knowledge is a dangerous thing?<p>&gt; even in the face of death, a Jew must refuse pork in order to remain true to his people<p>Both you and the author have completely misunderstood this episode.<p>There is NO law requiring death from eating pork! There is however a law that if an oppressor tries to make someone violate a law in public you must must accept death rather than comply with even the most minor offence.<p>The important part here is &quot;in public&quot;.<p>Pork simply has nothing whatsoever to do with it!<p>And that&#x27;s just one of the reasons this article, while a nice story, is simply not accurate.<p>(At least about Jews, but when it gets the part I know well wrong it doesn&#x27;t give me much confidence in the rest where I don&#x27;t have the knowledge to check - it&#x27;s definitely a great story though.)