Dominic, I fear you have over-imbibed the tainted Kool-Aid. You have been brainwashed.
Let's look at things from another perspective. If a lab rat's welfare is just as important as a human's, then YOUR welfare is just as important as a lab rat's. Or a fly. A mosquito! Before we become so obsessed with animal welfare, why don't we tackle man's inhumanity to man? There are countless humans who are "dumped on" every day and many of them feel helpless to do anything about their plight. They feel they were born to be at the bottom of humanity. Frustrated and unable to cope with it, some of them take their inner hostilities out on animals. Perhaps if there was a PeTH, we would not need a PeTA. Not that it matters in the UK but in the USA, our Constitution specifically prohibits "cruel and unusual" punishment for persons convicted of committing crimes. Yet many Americans favor the death penalty. How many of those people have ever been subjected to the death penalty? None. So how do they know that lethal injection is not "cruel and unusual"? I am opposed to the death penalty. Aside from the fact that mistakes can be made, it is duplicitous to believe that killing someone who has committed murder is justifiable. When you self-righteous holier-than-thou terrorists (yes, Dom, either you are part of the solution or you are part of the problem) get your priorities straightened out and eliminate human pain and suffering, then WE can all work together to take care over those creatures that have been placed in our dominion. HALinNY _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
