Response to the Readings #3

In the book “They say I say” chapter four focused on the three most common ways to respond by agreeing, disagreeing, or both. There are many moves that people can use when writing an essay and I learned one of moves called “twist it.” The move means that I agree with the evidence that someone has presented and it supports my own position. The Templates for disagreeing are great examples and this is very easy to make in an essay when disagreeing about information pertaining to an author as an example. Templates for agreeing are something that I might need to improve, because there are many moves that I need to learn in supporting my evidence when agreeing with someone. However, disagreeing can be complex when facing hidden challenges and being persuasive can lead to why you disagree.

Reading chapter twelve of “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” concluded with Michael Pollan’s detailed information in the slaughtering of chickens... “There are several hundreds of chickens that are killed, scalded, plucked, and eviscerated” (226). As USDA regulations interfere with farming and the farmer Joel thinks that his business is put out to be terminated because of the "bureaucrats." Joel is over reacting and the government and their regulations are there for a reason. Joel is making statements that seem to be unclear to me. However, he did make a great point that why should the government dictate to the kind of food you can buy (236)? “Freedom of food,” according to Joel is what he believes. I agree that the government should not dictate on the kinds of foods that we should buy. If the government regulations were taken away, the price of Joel’s food could compete with anyone. I usually buy meat at a local supermarket and I trust the quality of the meat… since it was processed by the government’s regulations. Therefore, I would not buy my meat (chicken) at Joel's farm since he disagrees with the government’s regulation of processing food.