I think there is a tendency of disconnection in our culture. We disconnect from our empathic emotions all the time and may not even be aware of it, whether it be disconnecting our emotions from a natural disaster story on the news, or disconnecting ourselves from the fact that the bacon on our B.L.T was once a cheery little pig. I don’t think people are cold or horrible for eating meat, I just think there has been a miseducation, or lack thereof, of the masses with regards to what happens in factory farms. If people were able to see what truly goes on behind closed doors, perhaps they would second guess eating that bacon double cheeseburger. Thankfully the factory farming industry has become more exposed in recent years, with the advent of such documentaries as “Earthlings” and “Vegecated,” or the short documentary narrated by Alec Baldwin, “Meet Your Meat.” These films reveal a shocking truth which has, for the most part been buried beneath a gluttonous collective conscience.
Posted on: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 01:46:56 +0000