Posted by SLS on May 17, 2004, at 10:04:38
In reply to **future** research?! ***rats!!!*** (nm), posted by finelinebob on May 17, 2004, at 9:22:15
When I was a research patient at the NIMH, I had the honor of witnessing the incorporation of lab rats into the pool of data collected for the betterment of mankind. It was a difficult thing for me to justify the application of painful procedures to, and the sacrificing of, so many animals. It was a bit of a moral dilemma for me, and I guess it still is. It becomes especially difficult when you start moving up the tree of evolution. Dogs? Chimps? Would we be so willing to use Neanderthals in this way were there to be any still walking the earth? Unfortunately, I can't participate actively in any sort of deliberation of this matter. My life depends on this type of research. Ethics and morality are luxuries I can't afford.
Just something to think about.
- Scott
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