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From: dlk411@tijc02.UUCP (Dianne King         )
Newsgroups: sci.bio,sci.med
Subject: Re: Ethical committees and Animal experimentation.
Message-ID: <192@tijc02.UUCP>
Date: 29 Jan 88 22:58:47 GMT
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Organization: Texas Instr., Johnson City TN
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> 3. Can you give a 'real life' example of such an ethical 
> judgement?
> 

This question is easy.  There was a 'Gotcha' gun that came out
on the market recently.  It shoots a blob of paint and the object
is to shoot before getting shot.  Several cities refused to sell
it (I am not sure but for some reason Chicago comes to mind).  The
reason for the ban was that they shot the gun point blank into
animals eyes as a safety test.  Cruel to say the least, especially
before they got the formula just right.

I can see an argument for what would seem like cruel testing using
animals for medical advances, but for a toy there is no excuse.
I cheered the cities that upheld the ban. 

				Dianne King