Monday- Hemingway's nature

On Monday, we did work on Hemingway. The discussion somehow wound up on the topic of Hemingway's view of nature, and then moved onto the ethics of eating animals and the rights of animals in general. I felt that we can't defend our reasons for eating meat, and it just comes down to a matter of taste. Advances in science mean that we do not need to depend on eating animals for our nutritional needs, and this reduces the argument to our values.

Rab recommended the video ' earthlings' , and i saw the first fifteen minutes on freedocumentaries

and i understand what rab meant when he said that we would be thankful for the poor picture quality. It was extremely depressing. But it is our duty to know.

By the way, there is a farmer in america called Joel Salatin who raises animals on his farms and kills them in a glass abbatoir( literally). He emphasises the consumer's duty to know where his food comes from and allows people to personally process their own chicken. So what? you might say but i think it will lead t0 lower consumption of meat.

Salatin's farm is interesting, you might want to google him.