(August 21, 2011 at 10:50 pm)Rhythm Wrote: See, heres the catch, the idea that animals, as fellow creatures, have rights, and we should avoid harming them whenever possible is great. Except that to avoid harming them would sometimes lead to harming human beings (also animals), as is the case with prohibiting their use in medical tests. The very same sentiment used to protect certain animals can also be leveraged to justify harming them. Not so cut and dry.
Oh it's certainly not cut and dry and I don't pretend it is, when I go out for a walk I probably kill shit loads of animals without even realising it. I just do my best as far as is practical to reduce suffering.
