A Reader's Response (Left as a comment)

Yaroslav said,

Mike,
i write it here cuz couldn't find any other contacts. Really quick: i came across your article at Animal LAB wesbite about AETA.

You have one point missing: in a pursue for a better cause you can easily justify any mean. And that's not right.

So called pursue for a "better good" leads to hell. I don't know if you're LDS or not, but if you are then you must no that evil has never been good.

Apply this simple principle to animal testing industry and you'll see that there is not much good in what it does.

Or look at it from another angle. Think we are all in heaven now and not only humans but all these lamblike creatures. After enduring the earthly life, I'd be ashamed that, for inctance, the cost of my painless dental care was some creature's suffersings. That's what we will be ashamed even if those animal souls have long forgiven us.

Now that we have all the technology in the world we must put all our efforts in the direction of finding more progressive ways of science and exploration. I mean, use new ethods. Use those supercomputers! Yes, they cost somewhat $2,5 a day rent but what's the price you'd give a life?

As to AETA, think of what's written in the Declaration of Independce. Out of what is said there I got it like a man's duty is to fight for the right things and right ways. that's why Americans fought with British Empire for the Independece, that's why you guys sent your troops to Europe back in WW II. So those people who protest against animal expolitation, why you call them terrorists?

Those Nazi officers who wanted to blow up Hitler - were they terrorists or heroes? What do you think?

I do not favor the exterme animallibers' practice. But i don't do that not because I hate them - on the contrary, I respect them. I do not suport any violent actions because it harms firstly the whole idea of the movement.

This time it's all about enlightement. But AETA goes far beyond just law enforcement. In fact it can be applied against absolutely non--violent activities like giving out flyers or running a website. If you call out to boycott some brand - heck, it now can be considered as terrorism cause you harm the business's profits. Yjq can you explain why there is a need to protect a specific industry? See, if you break a window it's already a crime. But if you break a window of an animal enterprise, is it another sort of a crime or what? Where is logic? In this relation AETA sounds like if it was a law to punish anti-slaveey abolitionists. In this case it's all the same like to call the whole Nothern States terrorists when they fought the South to quit slavery.

Mike, think full-scale. Ask yourself right questions. Why? Who's in profit? What's the challenge in this whole animal issue? What's the truth? We have all the aswers in our heads.