Let The Rats Roam Free!

Recently, news outlets in Toronto have been circulating the latest developments of health infractions dealing with vermin infestations in Chinatown. While this news only serves to cement the truth in our collective speculation that we had all along, I’m going to take this opportunity to play devil’s advocate. To be clear, I’ll be in no way advocating that Chinese restaurants serve food à la Ratatouille, rather I’ll be trying to quell the fears of the public for their future Asian culinary endeavors. In the midst of all the recent activity involving tainted meat and milk, food safety is indeed the hot topic. Certainly, any bacteria that causes death has no place anywhere near consumables. However, I will provide you with this bit of insight. In this new culture full of antiseptics and antibiotics, are we all becoming ‘bubble boys’? I think there’s no harm in getting a stomach flu or food poisoning every once in a while. Rat feces, maggots or pig toenails, I’m sure we’ve all had our fair share in our lifetime regardless of how sanitary you think you’ve been. None of us live in a sterile world. Realistically, we never will. We are currently in an arms race with nature. We vaccinate and sterilize while bugs mutate to become immune. We use all this technology to do things that miraculously our body does on its own. If we expose ourselves we have the ability to become immune yet we choose to live in a bubble. The new generation lives in this bubble and it makes its inhabitants fragile. So I guess my point is maybe having a bit of rat for dinner could be a good thing. Bon appetite!

Today's track:
Tony! Toni! Tone! - Lay Your Head On My Pillow

going old school again. =p