"I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us. If the book we are reading doesn't wake us up with a blow on the head, what are we reading it for? ...we need the books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being banished into forests far from everyone, like a suicide. A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us."
-Kafka
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Interview Clips from Class
Here are the interviews we were looking at in class, and the one we didn't get to:
When asked about why vegans don't eat eggs, he says that if you're concerned about animal welfare, the WORST is the layers and that if you were to give up one thing, it should be eggs (before any meat).
I thought this was kind of interesting, seeing as most of the book was dedicated to the slaughter, and not laying. That part seemed to be de-emphacized, and while we know that those hens aren't treated any better during their life than the ones for slaughter, the book didn't single it out nearly as much as he is in this interview.
I looked up the video to the segment where he answers audience's questions:
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When asked about why vegans don't eat eggs, he says that if you're concerned about animal welfare, the WORST is the layers and that if you were to give up one thing, it should be eggs (before any meat).
I thought this was kind of interesting, seeing as most of the book was dedicated to the slaughter, and not laying. That part seemed to be de-emphacized, and while we know that those hens aren't treated any better during their life than the ones for slaughter, the book didn't single it out nearly as much as he is in this interview.