Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!umd5!brl-adm!brl-smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) Newsgroups: sci.research Subject: Re: animals of research Message-ID: <7801@brl-smoke.ARPA> Date: 30 Apr 88 00:54:56 GMT References: Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) ) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 16 In article jc5z+@andrew.cmu.edu (John L. Cusack) writes: [Quoting my earlier posting:] >> I don't think you need to post answers to this question, just think about >> what the appropriate criteria are." >It may be against the judgement of God, but what the Hell we can kill Gods >animals so why not kill ourselves. The point is that everybody is forgetting >that we are also an animal, that God created. The reason I suggested not posting answers is that I rather expected this sort of argumentation. It seems that when people's emotions get involved, their ability to reason goes out the window. The obvious counterargument would be that many animals kill other animals as part of nature's survival scheme. In any case, the term "animal" was being originally used to denote non-human animals, as was clear from context. I don't know what the "sci.research" newsgroup is for, but this probably isn't it.