More reality in TV

Posted on April 29, 2003 by Gene

I found tonight’s episode of Manor House to be very disturbing, with it’s footage of shooting birds and the serving of an entire head of a pig. Edwardian, yes. Something I really wanted to see? No. One of the great conveniences of our modern era is the ability to divorce ourselves from the reality of the death of animals – the end result that we see is plastic-wrapped and packaged in styrofoam, sold at McDonald’s and no longer resembling the animal. On one hand, it is a seemingly civilized method of dealing with things. But I am certain that in another hundred years our future heirs will find us quite barbaric.
I’m not a vegetarian. I’m not a vegan. But I should be. And I may yet be.