tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738123428801904510.post6471679005756949443..comments2023-04-03T04:30:55.733-07:00Comments on gastro.politico.: Last SuppersJuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04754684847212793725noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738123428801904510.post-43760930407218017852008-10-29T15:13:00.000-07:002008-10-29T15:13:00.000-07:00I agree with you about the primary source of the f...I agree with you about the primary source of the fascination... but I think a part of it, too, is that most people don't "get" to choose a last meal before they die-- at least not knowingly, since they don't know when they will die. In a small way, I think that paying attention to what the condemned choose as last meals is 1) a chance to ponder how we would approach this "fantasy" if we were in that position, and 2) an oblique way of considering our own mortality.<BR/><BR/>But as you say, it is also often treated with flipness.L'elhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00573271163680766407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738123428801904510.post-35044607001808405032008-10-27T12:09:00.000-07:002008-10-27T12:09:00.000-07:00great post j... its such a morbid ritual although ...great post j... its such a morbid ritual although thought of as essentially a sign of humanity. The idea of collecting and publishing these meals is horrific, and I think signals our increasing blase-ness as a culture which is increasingly comfortable with prisons being viewed as entertainmentTariqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09995990475180342190noreply@blogger.com