The Killing of Animals in its many aspects

[Lady Sidhe]

Originally posted by glatt
Lady Sidhe, in the prison thread, you mentioned that you agree with the notion of deliberately infecting convicts with AIDS or cancer so that medical testing can be performed on them. And in this thread you say you won't fish because you feel sorry for the worm on the hook.

Worms get significantly more sympathy than humans? Why do they rank higher for you? Do you feel more kinship with a worm than with a person who has broken the law? Have you ever broken any laws?

Yes, they do, and here's why: animals don't make war (prey) on their own kind. They don't kill one of their own kind because they like the other one's coat.

Bear in mind that when I advocate using convicts for medical testing, the following holds true:

1. The convicts to which I am referring are death row inmates. People who are slated to die anyway, who deserve to die for what they've done, and who damn well ought to pay society back in some concrete way for the terror and sorrow they've caused.

2. Animal testing does not give results that are accurate for human beings. Human trials are necessary before the drug is marketed anyway, so rather than use innocent volunteers, who may not understand the risk they are taking, use murderers, rapists, and child molesters. It's no less than they deserve, and it's paying us back for room, board, clothing, etc.


And yeah, as a kid I broke some minor laws, like underage drinking, for example. But you know what? I have never deliberately harmed anyone, much less done it over and over again intentionally. They prey on society, and when they're caught, too bad, so sad, pay the fucking piper. They can at least make themselves useful.

Sidhe