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Originally Posted by Umihito
I haven't heard of that case...
Please don't hate me for this... I'm not trying to spark an argument, but in my opinion a person who abuses so many animals for testing deserves every drop of pain he got by having the remains taken. Maybe then he may feel a little closer to the combined suffering of those animals.
And from what I learned back in biology class, there are many, many disadvantages of testing for human drugs that basically null animal testing, such as the different immune systems and bodies.
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At the risk of a morality debate, are you seriously saying it's okay to hurt a person because they hurt someone/something else? If so, and you're okay with stooping to their level and being somewhat hypocritical regarding how inflicting pain is wrong, then how do you judge what level of retaliation is appropriate? Also - in this specific case - how do you justify causing pain to
other family members, and disrespecting the remains of an eldery woman who is
innocent?
On a less subjective note, I would rather test medicines initially on animals than on people. There's been many cases with humans being critically injured, disabled or killed for having volunteered to test drugs. I would rather test on animals, specifically vermin and pests, because - as mentioned - they harbour diseases and the like and are more of a plague to mankind than a benefit, and that way test on humans when I have a relative idea that it's safe to. Yes, I also value humans more than animals. Like RickOShay said, I would 99% of the time choose a human life over that of an animals, if your mother and your pet rat were both dying and you could only choose one, which would you pick? Final comment, yes, testing on rats alone would be stupid, but, as I said, surely it's better to test on them initially before moving onto humans?
I realise this is a very subjective, emotive argument, but I really think there's little else to be said that other members haven't already said, and much more eloquently too.