"Vivisection: Dissection of a living body; the practice of anatomizing alive, or of experimenting upon living animals, for the purpose of investigating some physiological function or pathological process which cannot well be otherwise determined Vivisection strictly includes only cutting operations; but the term is extended to any physiological experimentation upon living animals, as compression of parts by ligatures, subjection of the creature to special conditions of atmospheric pressure, temperature, and food, exhibition of poisons or other drugs, inoculation of disease, etc. Vivisection in competent and humane hands, under proper and reasonable restrictions, is fruitful of good results to the sciences of physiology and pathology. Wiktionary"
http://www.wordnik.com/words/vivisectionSome things make me mad, and this is one of them! You probably know by now I don't believe in Evolution, and I don't think we came from apes or any other animal... yet many "scientists" who do don't think twice about using their "cousins" in lab experiments and torture. That is a hell of a way to treat any animal, relative or not! I am all for finding a cure... but as many scientists concur technology is advanced enough with what we understand about humans... why test on animals?
Bad medicine 3/5 - The human cost of animal experiments...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfV4e5d4j...Smoking was once thought to be healthy because smoking-related cancer is hard to reproduce in lab animals; arsenic was a known carcinogen for years, but that fact was only accepted when they found that it produced cancer in animals in the lab; glass fibers and asbestos are hard to produce cancer in lab animals; and the list could go on... our dependence on animal testing left logic behind decades ago! Real science is observable in the subjects it wishes to treat, pseudo-science continues to be funded regardless of favorable results... this is the religion of some modern "science" as seen in the following PDF article dealing with one facet of this mess...
"Vaccinations: The 3,500 Year Old Practice of Egyptian Sorcery
By Robert H. Sorge, N.D., Ph.D.
Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine since 1964
In their conditioning centers called Medical Schools, medical students
are brainwashed into believing that vaccinations immunize us from
catastrophic disease. In fact, it has been one of the tenets of the church of
orthodox drug medicine for over 200 years.
The vaccination doctrine has been entrenched for so long in the
church that daring to question its validity, practice safety or efficacy is
considered heresy and strictly forbidden, an ex-communicable offense
tantamount to questioning the priest on the validity of holy water."
http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CCkQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abundalife.com%2Flibrary%2FArticles_...Maybe a closer look at the oath Medical Doctors are sworn to uphold will give us a better understanding of why our "modern" medical professionals look like and differ little from well-dressed witch doctors! The original Hippocratic Oath has been changed, though not "Christian", this oath's principles are founded on certain morals and ethics...
"I swear by Apollo, the healer, Asclepius, Hygieia, and Panacea, and I take to witness all the gods, all the goddesses, to keep according to my ability and my judgment, the following Oath and agreement:
To consider dear to me, as my parents, him who taught me this art; to live in common with him and, if necessary, to share my goods with him; To look upon his children as my own brothers, to teach them this art.
I will prescribe regimens for the good of my patients according to my ability and my judgment and never do harm to anyone.
I will not give a lethal drug to anyone if I am asked, nor will I advise such a plan; and similarly I will not give a woman a pessary to cause an abortion.
But I will preserve the purity of my life and my arts.
I will not cut for stone, even for patients in whom the disease is manifest; I will leave this operation to be performed by practitioners, specialists in this art.
In every house where I come I will enter only for the good of my patients, keeping myself far from all intentional ill-doing and all seduction and especially from the pleasures of love with women or with men, be they free or slaves.
All that may come to my knowledge in the exercise of my profession or in daily commerce with men, which ought not to be spread abroad, I will keep secret and will never reveal.
If I keep this oath faithfully, may I enjoy my life and practice my art, respected by all men and in all times; but if I swerve from it or violate it, may the reverse be my lot."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocratic......a couple of major things have been taken out or changed in the modern version, and other things have been added that really disgraces the original intent and context of the Hippocratic Oath. Parts of the oath like "never do harm to anyone"; "I will not give a woman a pessary to cause an abortion"; "keeping myself far from all intentional ill-doing and all seduction" ...has been replaced with... "I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk"; "it may also be within my power to take a life" ... adherence to the medical "religion" many times outweighs loyalty to humanity and the right to life.
"Vivisection / Animal Experimentation: Sadistic Scandal
Estimates of the number of animals tortured and killed annually in U.S. laboratories diverge widely - from 17 to 70 million animals."
http://www.prijatelji-zivotinja.hr/index...Regardless of the so-called "ground" that may be lost in taking up the cause of the ethical treatment of animals, after watching the videos on this subject change cannot happen too soon. I love animals and have never condoned their mistreatment and torture... this goes doubly for my fellow humans. The price for "medication" is too high if it means the torture of animals... it has been proven unnecessary and irrelevant when applying the same scenarios to humans. It isn't too hard to imagine that these witch-doctors will use similar liberty on humans that are deemed "viable for testing" ...don't think that it isn't already happening... that is why they call it "MEDICAL PRACTICE!"
IF you had any question what lengths psycho "scientists" would go to get funded by Pharmaceutical, Cosmetic, Military or Food companies... be assured there is NO LIMIT!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0pwBL6y-...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd9Ibvzea...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSrIkUXws...