Torturing Animals
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There’s very little if anything that pisses me off more than people torturing or abusing animals. Obviously it’s terrible when people abuse others, whether on an individual basis or on a societal level…warfare, genocide, etc.. But people have potential or the ability speak up, to flee, or fight back. Animals can’t speak up, they could t escape, and they can’t fight back. In my view, those who abuse animals are the worst of the worst – individuals who should not be permitted to live freely and continue their dreadful acts.
The U.S., and many if not all states, participate in all sorts of horribly immoral acts. The government workers that sanction them and the people that commit them probably justify them with some sort of mental gymnastics, something that makes them think they aren’t doing something as bad as they really are, that there is a greater good they are serving, etc.. And I’m sure that with dog and other animal experimentation the researches justify their actions by imagining they are serving some greater good…making sure the cosmetic products they’re pushing aren’t bad for human health by way of instance, or analyzing untested medicines on animals to see what side effects they cause, if they’re deadly, etc.. .
I ask that you discuss this story, https://theintercept.com/2018/05/17/inside-the-barbaric-u-s-industry-of-dog-experimentation/, every place you can, and do everything you can to prevent and stop such products and practices. Do what you can to make the world a location that’s best for all living beings. When you have any ideas as to what we can do to stop these practices, feel free post them in the comments.
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But here’s the thing: Imagine that some humans or some other animals evolve to have bigger brains and to be even more intelligent than people. Would it be ethical for them to cage you and your family in order to test their products on you, simply because you are less complex than they are? The answer is no. And if it’s no for you, it also must be no for animals which are less complex than you are. Without striving toward such a standard, we are hypocritically developing a world we wouldn’t want ourselves or our families to live in.
If people feel the need to test products to be used on others, they need to be tested on other willing people. We have no right to experiment on other aware creatures fully capable of suffering, only because they are “less than human”. If this means we can’t use this cosmetic product or that cosmetic product, or that we can’t test medicines too quickly, then so be it. Nothing gives us the right to kiss other creatures, just as no other animals have or will be able to kill us.
Torturing Dogs