What the hell is a progressive contrarian? Well, when the terms left-wing and right-wing have lost any meaning whatsoever, is there any fundamental fault line that means anything politically any more? The only true differentiator is between those who believe that human progress is both desirable and possible, and those who don't. The real split these days is between progressives and reactionaries. And contrarian? That should speak for itself...
Monday, June 05, 2006
Animals are less valuable than human beings
Excellent piece in Spiked-online about medical research on animals. Not for the first time Spiked leads the way in arguing for human superiority and for scientific research. Even the vexed question on research on primates is tackled head on - yes, we should be able to experiment on primates if the research is important enough. Nobody wants to use apes for finding heart burn drugs or for cosmetics.
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