The 'tragedy of animal testing' isn't -- at least as relates to food stock animals.
This doesn't work as absolution by itself: many past horrors we now find abhorrent were the societal norm at their time.
Tradition does not beget complacency, nor does it preclude reflection. I'm also eating bacon and eggs for breakfast, just the vegan versions, which are really good these days.
This doesn't work as absolution by itself: many past horrors we now find abhorrent were the societal norm at their time.