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I am also all for protecting animals... until grandma is sick and could be cured only if we experiment a little more on rats. When that happens the life of a ra

• keiferski 5y ago
  The thing is, the overwhelming majority of animal testing is not for saving grandma. It's for testing a new brand of makeup.
  • rmah 5y ago
    I'd rather a thousand cute bunnies go blind (or worse) than one woman's eyesight be harmed by dangerous makeup.
    • newsbinator 5y ago
      On that I can easily disagree. I'd rather we all say: "this makeup cannot be guaranteed to be safe- either outlaw it, skip it, or take your chances" and keep the bunnies alive and unharmed. It's the medical breakthroughs where I get uncertain. Cosmetics be damned.
      • pvaldes 5y ago
        > keep the bunnies alive Sounds nice, but in the real life those lab bunnies wouldn't even have been breed so they aren't alive in fact
    • meristohm 5y ago
      Is it okay to not get everything we want? We have limited resources, especially if your care about humanity (or life in general) continuing on for awhile. I for one enjoy thinking about life thousands, millions of years hence, understanding and accepting that this book will probably close.
  • pvaldes 5y ago
    > Animal testing is bad and must be stopped >> Here is some animal testing that is good. Could save lives. > This is not true animal testing. Most animal testing is for lipsticks. I read it in a pamphlet. If this sounds familiar to you is because is a classic Not true scotsman's fallacy.