Most people have no more desire to know the life history of their hamburger than they do their leather shoes. In "A Culinary Wasteland," what argument made in Fast Food Nation is Crossen refuting with the statement above? A. People would demand change in the fast-food industry if they could see behind the scenes. B. People who eat fast food are ignorant and do not know what a proper meal tastes like. C. Fast food causes severe health problems and should be banned by the U. S. Congress. D. Food before the advent of fast food was much more nutritious than it currently is today.

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3 July, 14:14

Most people have no more desire to know the life history of their hamburger than they do their leather shoes. In "A Culinary Wasteland," what argument made in Fast Food Nation is Crossen refuting with the statement above? A. People would demand change in the fast-food industry if they could see behind the scenes. B. People who eat fast food are ignorant and do not know what a proper meal tastes like. C. Fast food causes severe health problems and should be banned by the U. S. Congress. D. Food before the advent of fast food was much more nutritious than it currently is today.

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The author refutes option A, "People would demand change in the fast-food industry if they could see behind the scenes".

Nowadays all it takes is an online search to find out how sausages, hamburgers, french fries are made to know there are some ethical as well as hygiene problems in the fast food industry; however, most people doesn't really want to think about it because these foods are cheap, and affordable and sometimes that is simply more important: if you're hungry, you'll eat whatever is easier to get, instead of the healthiest or innocuous choice.