Are You an Animal?

By: Andrew Sakach

Topic of Choice: 4

The discussion we had in class about food and how people view it was great.

We started out by comparing how some people view food simply as a material utility to keep their body going, while other people view it as a sacred energy transfer. Our alienation of our food source by putting it into a package, by killing them and freezing them to be consumed later from some market or store really disrespects the food, being animal or plant and makes it very hard to be able to appreciate the food you have. I remember being on the AT and not having much food, then suddenly going into our dining hall on campus and being overwhelmed by the vast amount of food available to eat... and people complain. Sigh.

The idea that people are food really freaks most people out. I believe that this is because we're so removed from all kinds of death, the death of our food and the death of each other. We've become so removed from death it has become taboo. Humans are just another animal that gets eaten by something else. Not to say we're not special, but that we're food. You are what you eat and what eats you becomes you.