The War Between Us And Us
The War between Us and Us A main point that stuck out to me was in the second chapter of this reading where Foer talks about the dogs. Foer states that about ninety-five percent of humans live with dog, yet we allow them to be eaten. He further states in this chapter that when it comes to eating animals the war is not between them and us but between us and us and how we respond to parts of our own animal being. When it comes to the topic of eating animals Foer believes that whether we change our lives or choose not it, we have responded to this issue. He says “to do nothing is to do something”. Through this it is easy to conclude that we have already responded to the issue of eating animals, whether we know it or not. If one wants to rise against the issue of animals being eaten, it is necessary to take action towards the cause. It is depressing to see that people who own dogs are oblivious or maybe neglecting the fact that dogs are being eaten in other parts of the world. Like Foer said, not realizing or not creating a stand against these issue is doing something and it leads to the continuation of the eating of the well renowned man’s best friend. This ties into performance-as-research project because we are trying to spread effective water consumption techniques. In order to do this the audience has to do the techniques. Foer’s quote “to do nothing is doing something” greatly applies to our project because even if we demonstrate effective water consumption techniques, if the audience does not implement the techniques into their everyday life, they are doing nothing which causes poor consumption of water. We are trying to spread water-conserving techniques and like Foer said, the war is between us and us, which means that we ourselves have to implement the techniques or else water is being wasted and not effectively being consumed. Nothing is stopping us from implement conservative water techniques but us.