Blog#8

With regards to the philosophies or ways of looking at your meat that Pollan

describes, which one or ones do you think fit(s) your perspective and why?

a)When pollan says, "I killed this pig i felt it descend on me with the weight of moral obligation.And yet now the prospect of sitting down to a meal of this animal was unthinkable"(356-357).I recently felt the same way on thanksgiving watching my mom prepare the turkey my dad bought from a farm was disturbing to me.Even thought the turkey was already dead i still watched her chop of the neck and prepare the turkey.The whole time i was thinking this wow i feel bad for this turkey.I remembered the video (meet your meat) and i couldnt help but think how they got this turkey.I would say to my mom ,"no way im eating this turkey" because that video disturbed me but,even thought i ate it, i was hesitant to eat the turkey.When pollan says"Just then i could have made myself vomit simply by pictureing myself putting a fork to a bite of this pig.How was i ever going to get past this?"(357).This is exactly what i was thinking how am i going to eat this but obviously i had to eat turkey on thanksgiving dinner because haveing it prepared in front of ur face is different then seeing it being prepared.Maybe if i would have watched "meet your meat" right before i probebly wouldnt have eaten any turkey!