I can't help but think that most of the controversy around Halal meat is thinly veiled racism. There is no good reason to be upset by it, excepting possibly finding it against your own religion.
I personally couldn't care what your shaman or witch doctor felt the need to utter during the slaughter.
As many other people have said quality of life is much more important that whether the slaughter was carried out with stunning or not (although personally I think its slightly more humane).
That being said, I don't trust anyone who doesn't eat bacon
