Yes it's true that death is inevitable but wouldn't you much rather prolong death? Death has found an ally in the meat distribution industry and fast food joints around the world and is now boldly announcing it's attempt at dominating over health. It is no longer a secret that we have put our trust in the most untrustworthy of the corporate world but yet and still, people are falling victim to the underhand that they are being dealt by the meat industry. “While it is always possible to wake a person who's sleeping, no amount
of noise will wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.” In other words, no amount of awareness can open the eyes of someone who chooses to be blind towards what they are really consuming. We can't even call it an illusion. It's more like crystal clear smokey mirrors. If you look at the links provided, you'd see the number of views that each video received. The content of these videos are enticing enough to be the topic of conversations so we know that the information is being received, it's just not being taken into account with the severity that it should be acknowledged with.
Sources:
Food Inc. (2008)- Views on http://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/food_inc/ :
56,638
Super Size Me (2004)- Views on http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390521/ :57,391
**My sources are only for those sites they were found on. Imagine how many times they were viewed on other sites such as YouTube**
Ziiporah,
ReplyDeleteI am not sure how you are connecting your VP to government legislation and citizen action. What do you think should be done about this? What laws have already been passed and how are they being ignored or followed?
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I am not sure that I was attempting to make a connection between government legislation and citizen action. I am able to see a connection between the two though and that connection is that it isn't a lack of information or an inability to comprehend the presented information, but an unwillingness to take responsibility among government officials and citizens. You asked about laws that have already been in enacted. Some of those laws include "The Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act (FALCPA) [which] was passed by Congress to ensure that there would be clearer labeling of food for the millions of people with food allergies. As of January 01, 2006, all food products regulated by the FDA must be labeled in a specific way to identify the eight major food allergens: milk, egg, fish, crustacean shell fish, tree nuts, wheat, peanuts and soybeans. Further, the specific type of nut (e.g. almond, pecans, walnut, coconut), fish (e.g. bass, flounder, pollack), and crustacean shellfish (e.g. lobster, shrimp, crab) must also be indicated. Molluscan shellfish (e.g. oysters, clams, mussels, or scallops) are not considered a major food allergen." This seems to mean that the government has attempted to relay a more accurate account of the content of foods. The carelessness comes in with the government's failure to make labels account for germs and other things that can make people sick and even kill them. a citizen's carelessness comes from trusting the labels despite the inaccuracy that has become evident based on the content the media as presented to the public in regards to the carelessness that happens in the industry.
Delete**Source**: http://www.kidswithfoodallergies.org/resourcespre.php?id=50
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