On Animal Experimentation
Maggie poses some questions about vivisection:
“My own cat is lying over my shoulder as I type this, almost on top of my face. He knows he is safe with me and he’s arrogant in his security. I would likely be arrested if I decided to pick him up and slam him headfirst into the cement. That would clearly be wrong.”
“But would I inject him with chemicals, kill him, and then cut him open for study? Does it depend what I’m studying? What if I thought it would save your kid? What if I thought it would save mine? What if I only hoped it would, but there were no guarantees? What if I was studying not cancer, but infertility - does that change anything for you? What if I was studying depression and anxiety? What if I was studying male pattern baldness?”
Well? What do you think?
Intentions matter, but doesn’t the consequence matter, too? Doesn’t the animals’ suffering count for something?
Meanwhile…
“[California] Assembly Bill 2296, or the Researcher Protection Act of 2008, makes it a misdemeanor to publish personal information about academic researchers or their family members with the intent to use this information to threaten or attack those researchers.
“The bill also makes it a misdemeanor for protesters to enter researchers’ property for the purpose of interfering with their academic practices.” (source)
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