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Old 21^st April 2006, 02:16 AM #12 (permalink)
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Re: People's Petition...
Jackokent - you and I seem to have basically the same opinions on a lot of subjects, this one also being one of those.

I'm a scientist, and I know that the advances that we've made in medicine as a civilization asolutely would have been impossible if not for animals. Ever had a tetanus shot? A flu shot? an immunization for polio? Ever had surgery or know someone that has? Do you use cosmetics or take any kind of medication for a chronic disease?

Then you owe a great debt to those thousands of animals whose lives were taken (no, I didn't say given) to make sure that you and your children can live to a older healthier age.

I'm not going to belittle the problem or understate it, but most honorable researchers go to great pains to make sure that the treatment if the animals is as humane as is possible.

That said, I am very, very glad that the state of computer simulation is fast approaching the level where we will no longer have to rely on our animal companions for this kind of thing.

I have hope for the world, and not just because I am a science fiction writer (wanna-be). I see mankind as becoming more responsible and mature. We are beginning to understand our obliogation to this planet and it's fellow creatures. They are our charges and we have a duty to them.

The very fact that here, in this forum, people from amany countries are discussing this subject is, to me, not just a wonderful portent of the future...

but a miracle in itself.
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