provocative? or simply the truth?

''[…] How removed from the screaming crowd of the dog pit is the laughing group around the summer steak barbecue?'' - Gary L. Francione (2009)

This quote I came across reading The Discursive Representation of Nonhuman Animals in a Culture of Denial by Karen J. Morgan and Matthew Cole (for further reading: Morgan, Karen J.; Cole, Matthew. Humans and Other Animals: Critical Perspectives. ed. / Bob Carter; Nickie Charles. London: Palgrave, 2011. p. 112-132.) and  since then I think about it all the time. I can't quote it i real life a lot, as it's quite offensive to people eating meat and I'm not naturally that much of a provocative person, but without trying to offend anyone: Isn't it true? 

Of course, attending and enjoying a dogfight is banned by society while being part of a get together centered around a barbecue is a norm, but besides from that - where is the difference? 

When someone enjoys the violence of two dogs tearing each other apart and another person enjoys the conjoined preparation and consumption of animal body parts that were slaughtered for mere enjoyment of humans (as are these dogs slaughtering each other for the same reason), is that not pretty much the same?

At first I considered the quote very provocative myself, but the longer i thought (and still think) about it, the more I agree. Still, this is not meant to be an offense to those who eat meat! I simply consider the mentioned quote to show the ambivalence our relationship to animals holds. The quote was used by Morgan and Cole for that reason also and there was no valuation or judgement in their text, for it is a scientific essay on the matter of todays culture of denial when it comes to the treatment of certain groups of animals. 

So: 
''[…] How removed from the screaming crowd of the dog pit is the laughing group around the summer steak barbecue?'' - Gary L. Francione (2009)