Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html