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18-JUL-2005

Dinner

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Photo.Keely22-Sep-2011 18:57
Striking image! V.
Guest 19-Mar-2006 03:36
Not long ago, everywhere even in supposedly developed countries, farmers raised chicken for survival and did not think twice when it was time to eat them. It was part of the natural cycle. Today, some people have emotional reactions to the killing of animals for food. Can this new way of thinking be called evolution? Anyways, I don't see any purpose for the unncessary suffering of animals.
Good picture and good discussion topic.
Christine
Guest 12-Feb-2006 15:39
When our time has come who shall judge our passing? Whether with banner or anon.Is our flesh never of it's own pleasure and purpose? Any more than a vessel in the hands of a peasant or God ? Is there sense to weep or celebrate our self professed drama on stage,beneath this fragile transient skin.It is only when I can feel your life next to mine,that my eyes are startled awake.
~V! a dangerous era for all~
Marisa Livet16-Aug-2005 05:38
I'm fascinated by this picture and by its simple and natural force and by all what it expresses.
I'm not shocked at all by the fact we eat animals, we are animals ourselves and we live in apparent harmony with the great project of nature, that is neither cruel, nor good, it's nature, with its laws, beyond us.
I simply speak of the visual impact of this picture, that tells more than too many empty words about cultural sides too.
Your work is rich and meanigful.
Marisa
Phil Douglis11-Aug-2005 04:09
Yes, it is the title. I did not see a tragically slow and painful death. I just saw a couple of chickens on their way home to the chopping block.
Kal Khogali09-Aug-2005 22:40
I agree Phil, the tragedy to me is how they have been kept, not the fact that they died. Speaking as someone who has has eaten prawns alive, I am not squeemish about death of my food, having had a direct hand in it. A slow and painful death was the tragedy here. Agein maybe a problem with title!
Phil Douglis09-Aug-2005 19:14
Tragedy is a measure of the context we bring to it. I love to eat chicken. I never think twice about the fact that what I eat was once alive. You confront us with that fact here, and while disturbing to see, it is not tragic. I am not deeply saddened by what I see here. To Westerners, it is incongruous to see such a sight. The Chinese don't sanitize the fact that we eat dead animals. They accept it as a matter of fact. And that is what this image is about. Acceptance. It really has nothing to do with the tragic in life.
Kal Khogali09-Aug-2005 16:31
Thanks Chris, it is gruesome, but it is also China. Here food is food, and humanity has nothing to do with it. I don't judge them, but I also don't agree with them. I can only express the tragedy.
Chris09-Aug-2005 16:28
Vote. Such a gruesome image, unapologetically shot.
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