An Interview with Jonathan Safran Foer

Sit down with the author of Everything Is Illuminated, which won the National Jewish Book Award for Fiction and The Guardian's First Book Award as he shares his thoughts on the kosher meat industry and vegetarianism. To learn more please visit http://www.goveg.com/jsfkosher.asp?c=tube

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[TheHumina]

dude...you spelled the word 'fucking' wrong. so what does that say about your life???

[Lirave]

Probably because plants can't sense pain since they do not have a nervous system.

[DenisTheMennnace]

i wouldnt be able to live without meat, especially because i work out in the gym, but i have a lot of respect for vegetarians and for what they do.

[shepherdsdog01]

@SkylitDriveFan123 This is a complicated, philosophical issue. Do some research before commenting on the health and lifestyle of vegetarians. People who do not eat meat do not inflict their views on meat-eaters, meat-eaters inflict their views on those who do not eat meat.

[Jernau11]

@SkylitDriveFan123 he spent a few years researching just that for his book eating animals. The answer to that question is a long and complex one. I suggest a good starting point is his book.

[DenisTheMennnace]

@SkylitDriveFan123 enlightened doesn't equal healthy my friend

[SkylitDriveFan123]

So he is saying that being a vegetarian made him some sort of enlightened being. He does realize that meat is healthy right?

[psychogrox]

hes cute :D

[HellPatrol92]

@ShaktipatSeer But in India cows are not grown up as they are in the states or sometimes in europe. Check out the vid "from farm to fridge" and look at what happens in diary production. I think "only" about the 75% of milk is producted that way, so there's is the chance not to buy that kind of milk. If you want to drink milk I think you should be quite shure that company or society doesn't produce it that way...

[HellPatrol92]

@OiWaa Yes, meat tastes good, I liked it when i used to eat it. But for some minutes of pleasure a day you make animals (which have the same nervous system as we have, so physically they suffer the same way as we do) suffer for a whole life. It's not they are killed, it's HOW they are grown up and then killed. If you eat meat, like it or not, you torture for a whole life for some minutes of pleasure. It's you choice, but i think it's not worth living if we torture every single day. Bye!

[twpsynella]

@ShaktipatSeer then a good number of animals are just "wrong."

[Shothri]

@brianamw718 Hes talking about the movie "Everything is Illuminated" , which is based on the novel he wrote