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To: Neocon who wrote (11914)	5/3/2002 2:03:15 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

"We eat them, raise them for fur, and use them in experiments. What we do is try to be careful with the various species, and to not be gratuitously cruel." Raising them for a food source and raising for fur, leather etc. under humane conditions is not a problem for me. I am against using them in experiments that involve suffering, even if we think we might benefit in some related way like better hair die. Gratuitous cruelty, like pulling off a leg and watching them squirm is definitely out. "If Tweety can make short work of a battle, then whatever cruelty there might be is not gratuitous, but tailored to a legitimate end........ I am leaning more toward your conclusion than against it. If push came to shove right now this would be my position. It seems we still have some room before making any fine ethical distinctions (if such exist). It does not seem that a kamakazi tweety is necessarily a target especially if there were provisions included where the warhead could be dropped. That would definitely be a distinction. I am not sure that it is a necessary one but its worth exploring. Or not?