> Foie gras production should be judged not by the worst farms, but by the best, because those are the ones that I'm going to choose to buy my foie from, if at all.
That logic doesn't hold up. One should look at overall trends, not outliers.
I agree in a narrow sense, because he talks about “production” and it sounds like he is trying to take the position that it’s all fine in general, across the industry, because you can find responsible suppliers.
But I think he only wants to make the limited point that it’s morally acceptable to use responsible suppliers, regardless of whether there’s bad ones.
I guess the point is that you shouldn't categorically judge its production because of the worst examples, which I guess applies to any meat/fish production.
But to say we should "judge it by the best examples" is totally wrong, especially when the worst examples are worse than the worst examples of producing other types of meat.
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[ 5.2 ms ] story [ 25.0 ms ] threadThat logic doesn't hold up. One should look at overall trends, not outliers.
I agree in a narrow sense, because he talks about “production” and it sounds like he is trying to take the position that it’s all fine in general, across the industry, because you can find responsible suppliers.
But I think he only wants to make the limited point that it’s morally acceptable to use responsible suppliers, regardless of whether there’s bad ones.
But yeah he’s misstating his intention.
I guess the point is that you shouldn't categorically judge its production because of the worst examples, which I guess applies to any meat/fish production.
But to say we should "judge it by the best examples" is totally wrong, especially when the worst examples are worse than the worst examples of producing other types of meat.
Yeah? I find raising ducks in dark sheds so you can kill them because you like the taste abhorrent, with or without force feeding.