Blog Entry 5: Fresh

Hey, fellow classmates. We all watched the same video and all got to see the nasty chicken factory, and most of us, if not all of us, were surprised to see the conditions. I for one would not mind never seeing such a sight again. Then again, the film did open my eyes, most likely as it was meant to.

The documentary executed flawlessly. It was meant to disgust the general populace who have no idea where their food comes from. I think it succeeded. The visual rhetoric shown enabled a tone that can be described as enlightened sadness tinged with vexation. And personally, I don't blame them. Some of the things shown were truly revolting and made my stomach roil. Especially the scene of the chicken bodies being processed; their guts being ripped out almost simultaneously with their head becoming chopped off.

With all of that being said it, it will have no visible effect on me. I will still shop at the same store. I will still go to the same restaurants regardless of where they get their products; that is, so long as it continues tasting as if it was not processed by cold, mechanical hands. I will also continue eating my favorite Ramen: Hot and Spicy Chicken. As said in the documentary, America's worse enemy is inconvenience.

With all that being said, I am glad I know where most of the products found in the local store come from. It helps allows me to make a conscious decision pf what I am eating, of which I am grateful; however, in the grand scheme of things it is simply not worth my time to try and find a fresh local produce store if the one I have been going to is working just fine. An apple has yet to grow leg and bite me, the chickens have yet to take over humanity with what they are being fed. and most importantly the world is not a cesspool of farm animal waste. Granted it may occur, but I highly doubt that. Everything in the industry is being regulated to safe measures for consumption. There are multiple government boards in charge of maintaining a safer world, the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior just to name a couple.
Food is tasting just fine today as it was before the documentary. I think that any drastic change in lifestyles is uncalled for and radical to the extreme. Granted, if there is a choice between locally grown produce and industrialized produce I will pick the farm fresh produce, but the choice has to be to my catered to my convenience.
Thank you for reading my blog and specifically my thoughts on it. Comment how you feel, and with that, I bid you adieu.