Lindy, Did you get my email on the petition?
Lindy Greene wrote: > Great short video on the scientific invalidity of vivisection (animal > experimentation). It also highlights a point that I like to make, > which is that animal research is both an animal and a human rights > issue. (The immorality of vivisection is a given.) > > Here is an "experiment" that I like to "perform" on people. (In no way > does it endorse animal research - its purpose is simply to draw an > empirical analogy.) Ask them this question: "If you wanted to learn > about a disease affecting horses, what species would you study?" They > will invariably answer, "Horses!" with a tone in their voices and a > look on their faces clearly betraying their newly-acquired conviction > that you are a congenital idiot. > > Now ask them what species they would study if they were interested in > learning about a disease that affects frogs. "Frogs!" they will > promptly declare, barely able to disguise their concern about whether > to have you placed on involuntary lockdown for a 72-hour evaluation > of your sanity. > > Now ask, "So - if you wanted to learn about diseases affecting > horses and frogs, you wouldn't study pigeons or cats or pigs or > rabbits?" At this stage, they are convinced that you are suffering > from dementia praecox - and the time is right to deliver the coup de > grace: "OK, then. If you wanted to learn about diseases that affect > humans, what species would you study?" > > I've found that this really seems to drive the message home that data > cannot be extrapolated reliably from one species to another. > > One of the greatest points the speaker makes is that incomplete human > data that is species relevant is much more accurate > and dependable than complete animal data that is not. > > My belief is that we have set in motion an irreversible course of > runaway global warming that will render the Earth unable to support > life. Tragic - but at least it will rid the universe of Homo sapiens. > In the meantime, I figure all I can do is ensure that the psychopaths > who torture animals and deprive humans of legitimate medical > progress can't do what they do in comfort and privacy. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "bangla-vision" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bangla-vision?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
