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0 pointsuserbinator8y ago0 comments

No kidding. If it weren't for the animals it'd be us.

It's always ironic to see animal rights advocates' responses when they are asked if they'd rather volunteer to be the research subjects instead. They are surprisingly reluctant...

This tends to make them ponder a bit more:

"If we hadn't experimented on animals, you might not even be alive today."

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XzetaU88y ago

It was for us as well

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unethical_human_experimentatio...

eeZah7Ux8y ago

> "If we hadn't experimented on animals, you might not even be alive today."

That might apply to some life-saving drugs.

Cosmetics and weapons are not medicines - far from it.

HeyLaughingBoy8y ago

If it weren't for some weapons, you might not be alive today either.

mgkimsal8y ago

If it weren't for some cosmetics, many of us might not be alive today either.

eeZah7Ux8y ago

Survivor bias? If it weren't for some weapons, a lot of people might be alive today.

Claiming that weapons save more people that they kill is simply illogical.

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uhtred8y ago

This is speciesism in its purest form. So if we took a Planet of the Apes style plot twist, and apes became the dominant life form on earth, I suppose you'd be OK with them strapping you in to some test where you will probably meet a horrible end, all so they can progress their technology?

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0 pointsuserbinator8y ago0 comments

No kidding. If it weren't for the animals it'd be us.

It's always ironic to see animal rights advocates' responses when they are asked if they'd rather volunteer to be the research subjects instead. They are surprisingly reluctant...

This tends to make them ponder a bit more:

"If we hadn't experimented on animals, you might not even be alive today."