Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Morality bites

My summer of slaughtering the meat I eat left me with mixed feelings. But not the feelings I'd imagined. I thought I might emerge from it with a greater sense of entitlement and accomplishment. Like if you can face the realities of meat, you're allowed to eat it. But I felt no sense of entitlement. I felt more hesitance, a deeper reverence and a new conscientiousness.

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2 comments:

David G. Barnett said...

What?

Lynniechan said...

Read the story... It's about a food writer who wanted to experience what it was like to kill her food before she ate it. I guess it's a trend now for eco-friendly chefs. Anyway, the writer was changed after having to endure what she did.