tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225484064771073016.post6584989142345156113..comments2023-10-16T02:34:52.388-07:00Comments on Food and Society: to hell with the last meal, just kill me already! Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225484064771073016.post-73537206826861144552014-04-30T14:04:13.917-07:002014-04-30T14:04:13.917-07:00You raise a valid concern with the program of cate...You raise a valid concern with the program of catering to death-row inmates' last meal wishes, and I can certainly see how it might seem like an unwarranted luxury for people who have been found guilty of horrendous crimes. But I think every human being, regardless of their past history of crimes, deserves to feel like a human being, and I think the Last Meal helps in this sense. Imagine if you were on death row--being kept alive to be killed at a certain date. Imagine the stress, the sadness, the anger, or the sheer fear you would feel. I don't even claim to be able to fully feel what these folks must feel, but I might go so far as to say that it is probably easy to feel like your very humanity has been taken away from you.<br /><br />A last meal, then, is a small gesture that might remedy this plight. As we have seen even after two days of class, food has a huge connection with emotions and our very humanity. While other animals eat that which merely sustains them, we as human beings eat food that gives us pleasure. Without even this small luxury, we feel degraded and base. As such, I think one last meal before facing death--the greatest and most daunting tormenter of the human race--is something that should be afforded to even those inmates who are found guilty to have committed even horrible crimes.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14793568897719976501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225484064771073016.post-29414779539142800672014-04-30T11:12:15.386-07:002014-04-30T11:12:15.386-07:00I grappled with the same problem, Lakan. On one ha...I grappled with the same problem, Lakan. On one hand, death row criminals have done some truly awful things to other people, and in the name of justice, deserve the punishment that has been handed to them, without the luxury of a last meal. On the other hand, however, especially in light of the segment of the movie we watched in class, it is their last meal on earth, and maybe in the name of mercy and humanity they should be allowed that one act of peace, not deserving of it, but as an act of mercy. I'm still not entirely sure where I fall on the issue honestly, but it is something to think about. If I were picking my last meal, I would want chocolate chip pancakes and syrup the way my fiance makes them, because it'd be comforting as well as really good.Aubreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04412200794988267622noreply@blogger.com