I am alive because of animal research. I support animal research. Let me put it this way, to quote a late night comedian, if the cure for AIDS required you to put a couple of electrodes on the head of a monkey and create fried monkey brains all I have to say remember red is for negative and black is for positive.
In other words given the choice between an animal and a human, the human would win out regularly. Besides if you were a tiger you'd probably not feel as you describe. As a tiger you couldn't articulate those thoughts. larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Phoeun Pha [mailto:phoeunp@;entelligence.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 11:58 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: omg, VOMIT jellybeans?? > > > What about their freedom? Even though they are cared for and > well fed, they > still are only allowed what their human masters give them. > Rocks, trees, > people staring at them. Man if I was a tiger I want to roam > around free. I > don't know if animals have these kind of feelings, but if > they do, I hope > you would disagree with zoos. > > THink of it this way. An alien species invades earth. They > are quite kind. > They put us in this big Biodome where we can be humans and do > our thing, > while they study us, drop in a few chicks for us to mate with > so we don't > have to look, give us our food, does mostly everything for > us. Wonder what > it must feel like! > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:llyons@;ebstor.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 7:56 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: omg, VOMIT jellybeans?? > > > > Kevin, > > > First off I am in no way a supporter of any group like PETA > or other radical > animal rights groups. If anything I am very much against their agenda. > > It also depends on what type of zoo you're talking about. > Many zoos are > quite good, the state and municipally sponsored zoos, and similar > organizations like the National Zoo are very active in > conservation, and > attempt to make the exhibits into an appropriate environment for the > animals. > > Most of the privately run zoos, typically the roadside > attraction kind, are > little better than hellholes. The animals are inadequately > housed and fed, > mistreated and in some cases actually tortured. Frankly these > private zoos > really should be run out of business. They belong to the same ignorant > primitive era as freak shows and dog fighting. > > larry > > -- > Larry C. Lyons > ColdFusion/Web Developer > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > EBStor.com > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > tel: (703) 393-7930 > fax: (703) 393-2659 > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > -- > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:schmidt@;hungrycow.com] > > Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 9:27 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: omg, VOMIT jellybeans?? > > > > > > I disagree, in a zoo the animals are well cared for and they > > are fed. They > > aren't put in tiny cages they can't stand up in and aren't > > intentionally > > wounded for profit. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Phoeun Pha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 1:30 PM > > Subject: RE: omg, VOMIT jellybeans?? > > > > > > > Yeah it's bad. And it's nothing different from a zoo either. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:schmidt@;hungrycow.com] > > > Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 1:31 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: omg, VOMIT jellybeans?? > > > > > > > > > > > > That's really sad. I am very much against animal cruelty > > and it makes me > > > sick to see animals treated that way. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Phoeun Pha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 1:09 PM > > > Subject: RE: omg, VOMIT jellybeans?? > > > > > > > > > > SO that's where all the <A > > > > > > HREF="http://www.wspa-international.org/news/news-09.html";>BEA > > R BILE</a> > > > > goes! > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Jim Davis [mailto:jim@;depressedpress.com] > > > > Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 9:37 AM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: RE: omg, VOMIT jellybeans?? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I tried these. I went to the JellyBelly warehouse that is > > > > > near my house, > > > > > and they give free samples within the store. When the woman > > > > > handed them > > > > > to me, I assumed that they just had disgusting names, > > but would taste > > > > > fine. I was WRONG! I tried half a bite of the vomit one and > > > > > spent the > > > > > next 10 minutes trying to get the taste out of my mouth. > > > > > After that, I > > > > > couldn't bring myself to try the booger one, or any of the > > > > > other flavors. > > > > > =( > > > > > > > > But remember - there's some poor group deep inside the > JellyBelly > > > > factory that usually gets assignments like "make sure > > this tastes of > > > > cherry". For weeks they had to write reports on how close to > > > > vomit-flavored test jelly beans had become... > > > > > > > > "Test Number 142, Batch number 6,405: Closest yet, > > although it still has > > > > a marked rotten apple aftertaste. Suggest more digestive > > acid and less > > > > fructose. Please kill me." > > > > > > > > I think that they earned there pensions right there. And > > to think, some > > > > of them probbly complained when "pina colada" was being > tested... > > > > > > > > Jim Davis > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
