On the May 1 edition of ESPN's Mike and Mike in the Morning, co-host Mike Golic participated in a competitive eating contest in which he scarfed down 15 chicken wings, while professional competitive eaters around him ate significantly more. It was intended to be a lighthearted moment on the show. But some people took it seriously. Really, really seriously. Peter Finney Jr., a writer for the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, has this to say:
The hedonistic display was bad enough - Golic finished last to "professional" eaters Tim "Eater X" Janus, Pete "Pretty Boy" Davekos and "Crazy Legs" Conti - but the gluttony-as-sport, far from laughable, should sting any correctly formed conscience.I guess my conscience isn't correctly formed, then, because I don't feel the least bit stung by watching competitive eating.
Why should I feel stung? Here's the explanation:
Sorry, but that's absurd. There is a Peter Singer school of thought that says almost everything Americans spend money on is wasteful and would better be used treating the sick and feeding the starving, and I'm not unsympathetic to that school of thought. But to single Golic out as the one example of wasteful consumption is utterly ridiculous."I think it is a little obscene, especially right now given the fact that people are increasingly concerned about getting enough good food to eat," said Natalie Jayroe, director of Second Harvest Food Bank of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, which since Hurricane Katrina has provided more than 151 million pounds of food to families and seniors.
"Encouraging people to engage in gluttony is not good for their lives."
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Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 1)
1. MDS, I think you're giving this guy's opinion WAY more attention than he deserves.
I mean, the Western Catholic Reporter?? They don't even have a URL icon!!!
Posted at 7:30PM on May 15th 2008 by ยง
2. If you try to prove gluttony is a sin by appealing to the Bible, you're going to come up pretty empty. There is one Old Testament reference to a rebellious son as being a glutton. That's it. Period.
Posted at 7:35PM on May 15th 2008 by Steve
3. Welcome to America in 2008..Everyone has a stick up their you-know-whats..but its funny watching the MSM like AOL whine about it after shoving it up there
Posted at 8:20PM on May 15th 2008 by carl
4. Ahh....freedom of speech...such a wonderful thing, especially here in the good 'ole U S of A. We feel the need to express our opinions on everything in life now-adays. There are things worth saying, and things wasting my time...a sermon on Golic in a chicken eating contest by the archdiocese is a waste.
Posted at 8:26PM on May 15th 2008 by A BaseBall Fan
5. I eat more chicken than any man ever seen. Yeah, yeah.
Posted at 9:10PM on May 15th 2008 by BlueStarDude
6. Just 15 chicken wings for a big guy? hahahaha
Posted at 2:40AM on May 16th 2008 by Football Media
7. sorry guys, but MDS and apologists are dead wrong here....this isn't about being politically incorrect or unfunny, it's sad that we stage events to laugh at and reward gluttony...maybe that's why the only place u see it is on espn84 at 4 am......losers watching gainers....
Posted at 1:31AM on May 17th 2008 by marvin