Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That is pretty much how I feel too. I brought this up because it is important that the cost is considered as well as the benefits. John Collier On Thursday, October 30, 2003, at 02:21 PM, Barney Quinn wrote: > John, > > Yes there are. I make a real distinction between using animals in > research > which has a chance of doing some real medical good, and using animals > for > research which is far more trivial in nature. I would, for instance, > very > strongly oppose using animals to help develop a new lotion which gives > people > an artifical tan. I also strongly believe that in cases where some or > all of > the work can be done using computer simulations or other testing > methods then > that is what should be done. > > Barney > > John Collier wrote: > >> I would tend to agree, based on the facts you have given, that PETA >> and >> others are going too far in this case. However you also have to >> remember there are many horrific stories on the other side as well. >> >> John Collier >> >> On Thursday, October 30, 2003, at 12:41 PM, Barney Quinn wrote: >> >>>> I welcome the pressure PETA and others >>>> have put on the scientific and cosmetic industries to improve their >>>> practices. I also agree that, as with all radicals, PETA and others >>>> often go to far. >>> >>> I have a friend. My friend has two Doctor's level degrees. This >>> person >>> is a >>> very high level medical researcher, internationally known, Ivy >>> league, >>> Nobel >>> prize material. The work this person does involves animals. PETA and >>> similar >>> groups have, for years, made life for this person a living hell. >>> There >>> have >>> been times when getting in and out of the lab has been impossible. >>> This >>> individuals home has been picketed, and familly members have been >>> harrassed >>> with out mercy, particularly the children. I find what has been done >>> to these >>> people totally inappropriate, outrageous, and counter productive. It >>> has not >>> done one single thing to help animals, and it has cost these groups >>> the >>> support of everyone who has had to watch what has been done to this >>> family >>> while they were trying to support them. If you are opposed to cruelty >>> then I >>> think that you have to be consistant about it. If you have never been >>> on the >>> other side of these tactics it may be impossible for you to >>> understand >>> what >>> they actually do to people. >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see >> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html