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- From: romingk@alleg.edu (Karl Rominger)
- Newsgroups: talk.politics.animals
- Subject: Re: Books review- "Free the Animals" By Ingrid Newkirk
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.142807.5202@pellns.alleg.edu>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 14:28:07 GMT
- References: <1993Jan25.145803.26460@cs.mun.ca>
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- Organization: Allegheny College
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- In article <1993Jan25.145803.26460@cs.mun.ca> ac@riemann.math.mun.ca (Alka
- Chandna) writes:
- > itsmine@med.unc.edu (Greg Popken) writes:
- >
- > >I can not believe this. Spare us you glorification of the "dedicated"
- > >activist. They are terrorist! Nothing more than common criminals. I
- > >view your glowing accounts of this activity as irresponsible and an
- > >unethical.
- >
- > Believe it, Greg. And if you don't want to read my "glorifications" of
- the
- > ALF, put me on your kill file, but don't tell me what to think. I
- define
- > "terrorism" in a slightly different manner than you do. You see, I
- think
- > that animal experimenters are terrorists, nothing more than the sort of
- > people that set their dog on fire or put their cat in the microwave oven
- to
- > see what will happen .. except they get published & paid for doing that.
- > Our ethics are very different. I wasn't brought up to think of animals
- as
- > being some lesser form of life. I wasn't made to believe that humans
- have
- > souls while animals don't. It is part of the way that I was brought up,
- and
- > indeed, part of my cultural heritage to INCLUDE ANIMALS IN MY MORAL
- UNIVERSE.
- > Viewing animals as "things", as means to *our* ends is, in my opinion,
- > morally bankrupt, and certainly unethical. Promoting that viewpoint in
- the
- > manner that you do, I believe, is most irresponsible.
- >
- > alka
-
- Thats right alka in your opinion. Well I think abortion is morally
- bankrupt, but do you see me raiding clinics and freeing fetuses to go live
- in the wild? No. (mainly because fetuses like lab animals don't live in
- the wild) Thats right you are morally bankrupt, because you try and force
- your morals upon me and society. Fine eat veggies. I like V8, but don't
- stop me from eating meat. Especially 16 oz. medium rare NY strips done
- over charcoal fire, and served with corn, potatoes, and green peas. Yum
- Yum. Stop by I'll cook one up for ya.
-
- Karl
-