Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/30

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Subject: RE: [Leica] something something and now animals
From: Jeffery Smith <jls@runbox.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 20:17:17 -0600
References: <17A061AF9F134D40A23D2F37B1EC9B9E0B330F@facultyexchg2.dcc.edu>

Hey, I lived in Winters, CA for a summer in 1971. Nothing but fond memories 
of Davis and Winters.

At 06:04 PM 10/30/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>On 2003-10-30 jls@runbox.com (Jeffery Smith) thoughtfully wrote:
>
> >
> >I asked a group of freshmen once (as a writing assignment) if the use of
> >white rats in research should be discontinued. Surprisingly, many said that
> >they should discontinue use of white rats or they would become extinct.
> >Ironically, they would become extinct IF we stopped using them as lab
> >animals.
> >
>
>A few years ago a group of "enlightened" animal rights fanatics invaded a
>University of Minnesota lab and let out a whole lab full of white mice (or 
>maybe
>rats, I forget which). Of course they let them out - OUTSIDE. It was 
>winter. The
>ones that didn't freeze to death were almost certainly picked off by 
>predators.
>
>I live in Davis where there is a University of California campus. A local band
>of terrorists committed arson on one of the buildings being constructed to 
>house
>the Animal Science department.
>
>I'm supposed to support these goons in any way? I don't think so. Terrorism is
>terrorism. They were lucky no one died.
>
>Adam
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