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Something to note is that in the Quran god mentions that if you're starving then none of the rules apply and you can eat anything you need to. The dietary rules seem to function moreso as a test of dedication rather than a inviolable rule.
It goes further than that. If you're away from home and in a place where halal is not available, or you are a guest in someone's home and it was not reasonable for you to bring your own food, then eating anything is halal. And even without these things, there is ritual cleansing.
Intent matters.
Like there was an intense controversy in Malaysia a few years ago where a traveling "show" called "I Want To Touch A Dog" allowed Malay Muslims to come, touch a cute dog, and then quickly perform 7 ritual cleansing steps. The argument centred on the intent - driving to a place to touch a dog shows an intent to break the rule, and might even invalidate the cleansing.
All mumbo jumbo of course but it's interesting at least.
AFAIK, the first part of your answer is correct, the second part I don't think so. There are some laws in Islam that came down with some of the reasoning behind the prohibition including pig meat being essentially unclean.