A.) One warrant that Wallace makes is that it is okay to boil lobsters because they do not have the part of the brain that most people/ animals have that allows them to feel pain. I personally do no agree with this but it is stated in Wallace's essay.
B.) As I first started reading this essay I thought that it was going to focus on the lobster festival that goes on in Maine, but I quickly found out that that is not the case. This essay focuses on whether it is okay for people to boil lobsters and whether they feel pain. I would have published this article in the magazine because I think that it brings about a point that I do not think alot of people even think about. When people boil lobsters, usually there main concern is eating it when it is done. I think that it is important for them to recognize that they may be putting the animal through pain. This is especially important at the Lobster Festival in Maine because here there large numbers of lobsters that are being boiled, and potentially being put through pain, in just one day.
I agree, this moral issue is definitely not something you hear a lot about. And you also made a good point by saying no one really considers their actions when preparing lobsters!
ReplyDeleteI see the point that you're making Bailey, and I agree. I feel like you can always read a gourmet magazine and see some really great events with some really great food, but you can't just focus on that one aspect because it's already been done. I would publish this article just because it is an original and contemporary idea and moral issue to consider.
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