Isn't it strange how upset people get about a few dozen baseball players taking growth hormones, when we're doing what were doing to our food animals and feeding them to our children?
In his book "Eating Animals," Jonathan Safran Foer highlights the hypocrisy surrounding society's outrage over specific instances of performance-enhancing drug use in sports, such as baseball, while largely ignoring the extensive use of growth hormones in agriculture. Foer points out the inconsistency in our moral and ethical concerns regarding what we consume, especially when it comes to the treatment of food animals. This contradiction raises questions about our values and prioritization of certain issues over others.
Foer's observation encourages readers to reflect on the implications of industrial farming practices on health and the environment. The juxtaposition of public condemnation towards athletes versus silence about food production practices suggests a need for greater awareness and scrutiny of how we produce and consume food. By doing so, we can foster a more consistent ethical stance about the wellbeing of animals and the integrity of the food we feed our children.
