When the first time I heard about Mr. Loken said what is the movie about, I thought it’s going to be a disgusting movie. It’s about the fast food restaurant and the slaughterhouse. I thought the movie is simply showing many disgusting scenes of people killing the cows. After I watch the movie, I found out there are many aspects that the movie is trying to convey.
What stood out to me is when the guy who worked in the fast food restaurant spat into the hamburger. All of the sudden I was so grossed out by what he did. I was thinking if I’ve ever eaten other people’s saliva before? If I did, how disgusting was that? I think this scene points out the morality of people. People who work in restaurants or in any other place need the basic level of morality!
The movie also shows a big portion of laboring. The last scene when a new group of Mexican crossed the border, I feel sorry for them. I hope they rather not come to the U.S for jobs because they have great chance of getting injured or treated unequally. It was such a contradicting scene when the person who was responsible for picking up the Mexicans, gave the children fast foods.
I read an essay that Amy wrote in English class saying that some people who work in the slaughterhouse get mental problems. I believe it is so true that because they are in such a brutal environment for many hours. Being in a slaughterhouse can damage a person’s mental condition and will leave a mental scar that can never be fixed.
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When I was about 7 years old, there was one time I saw my grand parents killing a chicken for the CNY meal. I was little, and I watched the whole killing process, I did not felt disgusting but "interesting". I didn't even think of that the chicken might suffer. Now, thinking back about that bloody scene, it was simply disgusting.
We discussed some of our opinions in the class about few weeks ago. I agree with what Ivy brought up --- the issue of women were forced to have sex in order to get a job. It was quite sad to see such things to happen. It made me wonder again about why women, in most of the cases, the target of sexual abuses?
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
2nd Expedition Q: Do animals have emotions?
1. Do we have an ethical responsibility toward animals?
Yes, definitely. We are all living beings. As a human, we feel pain, suffer, happiness, and other physical and mental sensations. Animals have their own life they have to live and humans have their own life too. We do not want to cross the line of each other’s life. Humans wouldn’t expect other human or animals to abuse their right of living. So do the animals.
Amy did her first semester English project on animal testing. She showed us a movie that has many pictures of animals suffered under various testing. They look painful and sad. I think it is quite selfish for humans to do that to animals just because we think we are superior.
If we buy a pet animal, it is our job to take care of it like our own child. Although I think having a pet animal is not so ethical for those animals, but if we really do have one, we have to take care of it. Treat them like humans.
2. Do animals have emotions? Give examples if possible.
I usually heard that when a dog shakes its tail means it is happy and welcoming people. Another example once I saw on the news, a photographer captured a moment when a bird is weeping for its dead partner. A bird got hit by the car and was lying dead on the road. Its partner was staying beside, trying to get the dead one to wake up, but sadly, the other bird will never wake up. What showed me that animals have emotions is that the dead bird’s partner did not fly away for thirty minutes. Therefore, I would have to say that many animals do have emotions, but there are too many kind of animals that I cannot tell if they have emotions.
Yes, definitely. We are all living beings. As a human, we feel pain, suffer, happiness, and other physical and mental sensations. Animals have their own life they have to live and humans have their own life too. We do not want to cross the line of each other’s life. Humans wouldn’t expect other human or animals to abuse their right of living. So do the animals.
Amy did her first semester English project on animal testing. She showed us a movie that has many pictures of animals suffered under various testing. They look painful and sad. I think it is quite selfish for humans to do that to animals just because we think we are superior.
If we buy a pet animal, it is our job to take care of it like our own child. Although I think having a pet animal is not so ethical for those animals, but if we really do have one, we have to take care of it. Treat them like humans.
2. Do animals have emotions? Give examples if possible.
I usually heard that when a dog shakes its tail means it is happy and welcoming people. Another example once I saw on the news, a photographer captured a moment when a bird is weeping for its dead partner. A bird got hit by the car and was lying dead on the road. Its partner was staying beside, trying to get the dead one to wake up, but sadly, the other bird will never wake up. What showed me that animals have emotions is that the dead bird’s partner did not fly away for thirty minutes. Therefore, I would have to say that many animals do have emotions, but there are too many kind of animals that I cannot tell if they have emotions.
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