a Jerry Bromenshenk snip followed by > my comments..
No one tried to justify ripping wings off of live flies.

>My wife (now retired) often had to deal with this issues which seem to have arrived at about the same time peta became of known force.  She looks at these issues a bit different that some folks might think in that the first thing she would consider in looking at a experimental methodology is 1) does it answer the question asked and 2)can the question be answered in some way as to not involve animals < I always wanted to ask does a one cell organism in a Petri dish feel pain or discomfort?

>On a bit different note I would also say that often folks seem unable to distinguish/discriminate between ethics and morality.. with often time the latter term being more appropriate to the conversation than the first... in which case peta should be more accurately called pmta, but of course that does not have the same ring!

Gene in Central Texas...  

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