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"So then here is a question that's all but unavoidable at the World's Largest Lobster Cooker, and may arise in kitchens all across the U.S.: Is it all right to
by hprotagonist 9y ago
"So then here is a question that's all but unavoidable at the World's Largest Lobster Cooker, and may arise in kitchens all across the U.S.: Is it all right to boil a creature alive just for our gustatory pleasure? A related set of concerns: Is the previous question irksomely PC or sentimental? What does "all right" even mean in this context?"
http://www.columbia.edu/~col8/lobsterarticle.pdf http://www.columbia.edu/~col8/lobsterarticle.pdf
- cpsempek 9y agoCame here to post this article. David Foster Wallace's journalism/essays/non-fiction are some of his best writings IMO. Consider the Lobster is a prime example. He turns a a request to cover a famous lobster food festival into a piece simultaneously exploring the biology of lobsters and our relationship with food both culturally and philosophically. In particular, the ethics of preparing lobster by boiling alive. It provides a great discussion about the question OP is trying to answer.