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Using animals as test subjects isn't really comparable in magnitude to the damage we do on a global scale to ecosystems, which is what is actually causing extin
by thatswrong0 9y ago
Using animals as test subjects isn't really comparable in magnitude to the damage we do on a global scale to ecosystems, which is what is actually causing extinction
- jacquesm 9y agoThat we do even worse is really no excuse.
- thatswrong0 9y agoIt’s not an excuse. There are just way way way better things to focus our outrage
- coldtea 9y agoWho said an excuse is needed? That's what nature is. Species using other species for food, for starters...
- musage 9y agoYou're saying this on HN, where people get shadowbanned for saying "peep". Instead of, say, advocating for people just murdering each other being the norm.
- fao_ 9y agoThat's whataboutism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism
- coldtea 9y agoWhich is a different name to "putting things in perspective", -- used to make it sound like a bad thing.