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I don't believe there's a comparison to be made between foie farms and traditional farms because they exist for different reasons, one for luxury and the other
by stolio 12y ago
I don't believe there's a comparison to be made between foie farms and traditional farms because they exist for different reasons, one for luxury and the other for utility. The reasons things are done matter: if you shoot somebody for pleasure the punishments are very different than if you shoot them out of some type of fear or necessity.
- sukilot 12y ago90+% of industrialized-world animal-farming is for luxury consumption far in excess of biological need for a healthy life.
- Ntrails 12y agoYou simply cannot make such a distinction in any meaningful fashion. As a civilisation we've attempted to make food a pleasure at every opportunity, even when constrained by scarcity or ethics. Foie gras is inefficient on every possible food production for energy/resource metric. So is Beef. Foie Gras is seen as a luxury product. So is steak. Comparing them is completely logical imo.