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skank.
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Posts: 9939 | September 5th, 2008 at 09:27pm
I'm not against animal testing in the medical field. Without it, I wouldn't be alive, and neither would my younger brother.
It's all well and good to say you're against it. But let's say they made animal testing illegal. Someone close to you get's seriously ill, but there's no treatment for it, because they haven't been able to test on anything. So, this person close to you dies.
Now, I love animals, but I value the life of my friends and family over that of animals. I'd rather my cat die than my mom. I'd be gutted, but I'd rather have a person I care about around than an animal I care about.
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Peter Petrelli.
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Posts: 26782 | September 6th, 2008 at 05:08pm skank.:
I'm not against animal testing in the medical field. Without it, I wouldn't be alive, and neither would my younger brother.
It's all well and good to say you're against it. But let's say they made animal testing illegal. Someone close to you get's seriously ill, but there's no treatment for it, because they haven't been able to test on anything. So, this person close to you dies.
Now, I love animals, but I value the life of my friends and family over that of animals. I'd rather my cat die than my mom. I'd be gutted, but I'd rather have a person I care about around than an animal I care about.
Agreed
It sounds cruel, but this is practical; an animal can be replaced, a human being can't
And don't think I mean that nastily, but most of the time when your pets die, don't you just go get another? It hurts, but you can always replace them even if you miss them. Nothing can replace a family member though. |
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Age: 14
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Posts: 879 | September 9th, 2008 at 06:50am Animal testing for some cosmetics is absolutely ridiculous, mind you, when I use shampoo that is not tested on animals, it turns out crap half the time. Same with face cream - face scream, more like.
For medical purposes, I can understand. |
MyQueenVampy!
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Age: 15
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Posts: 154 | September 26th, 2008 at 04:15am Hey, I'm doing my English paper on this subject, can you guys help me find good websites on it? I need some sources, and i'm having a lot of trouble. =/ I'm really curious to where i can find a website that has all the medications and vaccines that animal testing has helped. If you can help me please send me a message, Thank You |
MyQueenVampy!
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Posts: 154 | September 26th, 2008 at 04:15am =/ Sorry double post. |
sunshines
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Age: 25
Gender: Male
Posts: 2841 | September 26th, 2008 at 06:01am I'm not against in the medical sense, as skank. said. However, though some of the methods seem cruel, think if it can help saves thousands of other people's lives then there is nothing wrong with it. However if it is just for make-up testing I think that's wrong. |
Freddie Mercury.
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Age: 68
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Posts: 5551 | September 26th, 2008 at 06:48am ^ completely agreed.
I try to make sure the make up I buy is not tested on animals, but as Erin did say, I value the life of my family over that over animals. |
DisenchantedParade
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Age: 17
Gender: Female
Posts: 118 | September 28th, 2008 at 08:27am Im dont like animal cruelty because ive seen pictures of side effects.. I hate animal testing on makeup and cigarrettes argh!
But im kinda for cause we wouldnt have alot of medical stuff.... |
Freddie Mercury.
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Posts: 5551 | September 29th, 2008 at 12:10pm ^ Love, you have to use proper capitalization and stuff on the boards  |
The Doctor
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Age: 18
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Posts: 2951 | September 30th, 2008 at 01:51pm MyQueenVampy!:=/ Sorry double post. One place you have to check out is the Nuremberg Code. |
Dead!22
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Age: 15
Gender: Female
Posts: 2820 | October 1st, 2008 at 01:02pm MyQueenVampy!:Hey, I'm doing my English paper on this subject, can you guys help me find good websites on it? I need some sources, and i'm having a lot of trouble. =/ I'm really curious to where i can find a website that has all the medications and vaccines that animal testing has helped. If you can help me please send me a message, Thank You
I'm, also doing the same. I have to do an argumative essay and I have choosen animal testing as I am against it 100%. I was also wondering if I could quote some of you, but of course I wouldn't use names, just stuff like several teenage girls etc. |
sunshines
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Age: 25
Gender: Male
Posts: 2841 | October 1st, 2008 at 01:07pm Dead!22:MyQueenVampy!:Hey, I'm doing my English paper on this subject, can you guys help me find good websites on it? I need some sources, and i'm having a lot of trouble. =/ I'm really curious to where i can find a website that has all the medications and vaccines that animal testing has helped. If you can help me please send me a message, Thank You
I'm, also doing the same. I have to do an argumative essay and I have choosen animal testing as I am against it 100%. I was also wondering if I could quote some of you, but of course I wouldn't use names, just stuff like several teenage girls etc.
Yeah that's fine [well mine anyway], but I think your argument is going to be difficult, especially having to retort about the advantages of animal testing, for medical purposes, make-up etc. If you can come up with a argument against that, you'll be fine. If you can't, revaluate your 100% against it, maybe be 90% against it. Just my advice.
Have fun with it though! |
Dead!22
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Age: 15
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Posts: 2820 | October 1st, 2008 at 01:29pm sunshines:Dead!22:MyQueenVampy!:Hey, I'm doing my English paper on this subject, can you guys help me find good websites on it? I need some sources, and i'm having a lot of trouble. =/ I'm really curious to where i can find a website that has all the medications and vaccines that animal testing has helped. If you can help me please send me a message, Thank You
I'm, also doing the same. I have to do an argumative essay and I have choosen animal testing as I am against it 100%. I was also wondering if I could quote some of you, but of course I wouldn't use names, just stuff like several teenage girls etc.
Yeah that's fine [well mine anyway], but I think your argument is going to be difficult, especially having to retort about the advantages of animal testing, for medical purposes, make-up etc. If you can come up with a argument against that, you'll be fine. If you can't, revaluate your 100% against it, maybe be 90% against it. Just my advice.
Have fun with it though!
Lol, well we have to say both sides of the argument then in the final paragraph state our opinion and what we think. So its just like a summary of mine own opinion having explained all the advantages and disadvantages. |
Bloodraine
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Age: 17
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Posts: 1329 | October 1st, 2008 at 08:22pm Dead!22:I'm, also doing the same. I have to do an argumative essay and I have choosen animal testing as I am against it 100%. I was also wondering if I could quote some of you, but of course I wouldn't use names, just stuff like several teenage girls etc.
100%?
I'm assuming you've never suffered from a chronic illness, because if you had, you wouldn't be categorially opposed to animal testing. |
unlovable.
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Posts: 84 | October 2nd, 2008 at 06:58pm I'm 98.9% against it.
Definitely against it for cosmetic purposes.
Medical purposes, I'm of the opinion that if you're creating something for humans, you should test it on humans.
That sounds harsh, but it's how I feel.
My dad had leukemia, I spent a lot of time alone in hospitals, talking to nurses and stuff.
Apparently there's this skin-like substance that can be used to test drugs on, instead of animals.
I don't know whether it would work for everything, but it should be given a chance.
Also, I think someone said that animals can be replaced, but humans can't?
I think they can, people are born everyday.
Again, harsh, but that's what I think. |
Kurtni O'Hara
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Posts: 3409 | October 2nd, 2008 at 11:49pm BeeBlasphemy:
Medical purposes, I'm of the opinion that if you're creating something for humans, you should test it on humans.
Do you take medicines yourself? Have you received vaccinations (I know the answer to that is yes) When your dad was ill, did you want the doctors/nurses to do everything they could to help him?
None of that would have been possible without the knowledge gained from animal testing. It's really easy to say you're X% against it- when you don't consider all the aspects of your life it's shaped.
For the amount of animals killed in testing and how quickly, throwing all human rights arguments out the window, I don't think there would be enough people to run the tests on.
What about children's medications? Before any sort of test is ever done on children, the medications are run through vigorous animal testing to do everything possible to perfect the medicine before kids die. How would that same thing be accomplished? |
Dead!22
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Posts: 2820 | October 4th, 2008 at 06:15pm I know for a fact that some medicines when tested in animals have one effect then, when they are tested on humans they have a completely different effect. Morphine is a prime example of this. |
The Doctor
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Posts: 2951 | October 4th, 2008 at 06:41pm Dead!22:I know for a fact that some medicines when tested in animals have one effect then, when they are tested on humans they have a completely different effect. Morphine is a prime example of this. It is an imperfect practice - we know this. And reactions vary from animal to animal, species to species, person to person.
Does it mean that every chemical, every medicine, every psychological test to be rendered utterly void if they used animal testing? |
Kurtni O'Hara
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Posts: 3409 | October 5th, 2008 at 02:25am Dead!22:I know for a fact that some medicines when tested in animals have one effect then, when they are tested on humans they have a completely different effect. Morphine is a prime example of this. What's your point, exactly? That doesn't change the fact that animal testing has lead to major medical breakthroughs. |
wanderingsanity
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Posts: 8 | October 5th, 2008 at 01:38pm Strongly against animal testing for cosmetics. It's about time it was banned.
I am for animal testing for medical reasons where no alternatives exist. However, there are now some non-animal alternatives, and I believe that where those alternatives exist, medical research companies should be made to use them. At the moment, using suitable alternatives is optional, so companies who use them opt to do so.
More money should be given to researching for better alternatives, because animal testing is not foolproof. There was an incident in the UK a couple of years ago where six men almost died, after being involved in a trial for a drug which had already passed animal tests. Although thankfully, their lives were saved, they will all carry permanent damage as a result of what happened. I'm sure there are other similar incidents all over the world.
That is why, in the long-term, find alternatives is better for us and for animals. |
