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[burnthatwitch]

I would like for everyone in the world to read this. It would make me so happy. I'm finding it pretty difficult to cope with the actions of the majority, which I can't even begin to understand.

THE ANIMAL RIGHTS POSITION
By Tom Regan
The other animals humans eat, use in science, hunt

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[rare_condition]

Let's get this straight: I wouldn't deliberately harm an animal for fun because I'd consider that very wrong. Last time I tried to offer an alternate view on an issue you totally ignored me in the street haha

[burnthatwitch]

The last time you offered a view, it was annoying, stupid, offensive, condescending, not very well thought out and really grated on my nerves. This time I will be more polite

[burnthatwitch]

Some examples of alternatives to animal experiments can be found here.

Medical progressions without the use of animals;
"Many of the most important advances in health are attributable to human studies, among them anesthesia; bacteriology; germ theory; the stethoscope; morphine; radium; penicillin; artificial respiration; antiseptics; the CAT, MRI, and PET scans; the discovery of the relationships between cholesterol and heart disease and between smoking and cancer; the development of x-rays; and the isolation of the virus that causes AIDS. Animal testing played no role in these and many other developments."
I also like to cite the production of humulin, an alternative to insulin - it wasn't tested on animals and doesn't come from animals. It's genetically modified real human insulin, which is more effective than animal insulin which is often not accepted by a human body.

On vegetarianism;
This is what I had to say to an anti animal rights group about the whole thing.

Plants don't have a brain nor a central nervous system. They are

[burnthatwitch]

[jeremy2468]

Hey,
Thankyou very much for posting all this information :)
I have recently turned from a long time vegetarian to vegan and all I ever hear is "But that's so unhealthy!!!!!!!" "Do you have an eating disorder?" "Where are you going to get your protein?!" "It's been proven that plants can feel too!! So why do you eat them?!" Argh.
I may print this out and hand it to them rather than having to say it so often :D