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I have a cousin who's little girl, Christina was born mentally impaired; she, at the age of 7 has no mental functions despite those of a very basic nature. She has total congenital hearing failure; she cannot speak. It is incredibly frustrating to communicate to this unfortunate waif of a child.To supplement the ever increasing costs of care for her, my cousin and her husband have agreed to, on alternate weekends provide a medical lab with a fascinating research subject; a real live little girl. Last weekend, they inserted a tube into her throat via an incision, and fed her with poisonous chemicals until she convulsed. One summer afternoon, she was restrained to a surgical table, and had her skull split open and vital nerves disconnected-just out of curiosity. She was temporarily blinded from this experiment. They like to starve her half to death to see how she will react; one time they locked her in a cage that was electrically wired to shock her when she moved- behavior modification they called it. She now is suffering from a deadly virus she has been injected with. Well, they reason, she can't speak to us, she
Boys Town, that steadfast organization-the ones who perform vocalization tests on live kittens and cats, by starving kittens to death-literally- to see to what extent they cry in agony. World-renowned lecturer and author Peter Singer refers to this as "speciesism". can't understand us when we speak to her, she'll certainly never go to college, give us beautiful, normal grandchildren. I know of no achievement through vivisection, no scientific discovery that could not have been obtained without such barbarism and cruelty. For instance: Thalidomide, Zomax, and DES were all tested on animals and proclaimed "safe" -they killed hundreds of people. Medical research is a universally acceptable exception, they are saving lives! Valuable human life. Charles Mayo,founder of the Mayo Clinic explains, "I abhor vivisection. You give your endorsement every time you buy an animal tested product. who's really being hurt here? If she were in pain, she'd tell us. This is life that may not be poisoned to death, slowly, or tortured in a sadistic laboratory ritual.
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