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> anybody that willfully places an animal in such conditions just to see what damage will occur ought to be shot

Are you talking about sadism or scientific curiosity? I detest the former but I'm comfortable with the latter.

Not to sound pedantic but you do realize that those two qualities are not necessarily mutually exclusive in people right? If we condone such cruelty to other living beings in the name of scientific curiosity, there is no limit to it. It's not ok to go around torturing others because one is 'scientifically curious'.

Our society is built on the backs of the less fortunate. We live in a country we've taken from weaker humans, we feed animals in factories until we're ready to kill them because it's cheaper than treating them humanely. We get our energy from coal mines where hundreds of thousands of workers have died and we stand by as genocides and famines wipe out entire regions. We buy products made by children who work all day every day in factories.

Given the circumstances, cruel experiments on animals (or even humans) to speed up scientific progress (and therefore welfare) looks like a really good deal to me.

Victims of science are just another statistic.

Well, then I hope for you you never become a statistic!

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