“Anyone who would rather starve than violate a dietary law is no more intelligent than a muzzie.”
See: Maccabees.
Let’s try some perspective;
“Anyone who would rather die than renounce Christ is no more intelligent than a muzzie.”
No, you are wrong. Pious Jews can be the very model of human righteousness.
“If someone is starving, they should be damn glad to get it. Anyone who would rather starve than violate a dietary law is no more intelligent than a muzzie.”
Last I checked, some mitzvah trumped others, like preserving one’s life over keeping kosher.
The most observant of Jews would eat treif rather than starve to death; to refuse the food would be the “bigger” sin.