Normally, the idea of "animal cruelty" or "slaughter houses" hasn't really phased me... Maybe I've never truly stopped and thought about it, but in the long run, I've never really found myself nauseous after talking, reading, watching, or learning about said activities.
Until Wednesday.
Both Sam and Chris will gladly tell you that I didn't watch most of Food, Inc., and instead had my head turned, attempting not to see what I didn't want to see.
So, yeah. It's gross.
It's cruel.
It's mean.
It's sick.
It's disgusting.
It's slightly appalling.
It's ... well, it's just wrong.
But, as I think about it more, WHAT ELSE ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO?
There are literally over 310 million people in this country. All those people need to eat food. If meat is going to be a part of the diet of millions, there really is no other way to do this, right? I mean, yeah, it's cruel, but so what? It gets the job done. The job that we have forced upon ourselves, by making meat such a huge part of our diet.
And then, along with the meat in our diet, I know the corn-in-everything segment was odd, but guess what, it works! So why not exploit it?
I know this is gross, and it probably sounds heartless of me to say, but even if a third of America consumes meat, that is still over 1 million people that eat meat. How else is the meat supposed to be processed in a timely efficient manner?
I know, after saying this, I'm heartless.
I'm mean.
I'm cruel.
I'm disgusting.
But, hey, it works. It's the game they're playing. Whatever it takes for them to get the million (SURVIVOR reference, I know), then it's okay.
Oops? I said it.
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