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107
94
Yes No
Debate Score:201
Arguments:156
Total Votes:239
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Should animals be used for scientific experimentation?

Yes

Side Score: 107
VS.

No

Side Score: 94
3 points

I would say yes, but I don't want Garry to come by and accuse me of being a crazy animal murderer again.

323 days ago | Side: Yes
1 point  

I'm going to send him a link for this debate!

317 days ago | Side: Yes
2 points

As should humans. (We are animals also.)

Only animals specifically bred for that purpose, as there are animals bred for food.

When it comes to humans then only those who qualify for it, for example criminals who may not be in general population till they die. And through cloning. Then there are the volunteers, for "harmless" experiments, whose effort will of course be compensated.

323 days ago | Side: Yes
KillerBee(377) Disputed
1 point  

humans are not animal's and dont say that we evolved from monkeys because we did not

Yah Fools

323 days ago | Side: No
nummi(1450) Disputed
3 points

dont say that we evolved from monkeys because we did not

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_evolution

And there's a long list of references and further reading down there.

323 days ago | Side: Yes
Cuaroc(5013) Disputed
3 points

If humans are not animals then why do they belong to the animal kingdom? If humans are not animals are we plants then? Bacteria?

323 days ago | Side: Yes
nummi(1450) Disputed
1 point  

Humans are animals. If not animals then what? Are we also not mammals? Mammals are animals...

323 days ago | Side: Yes
1 point  

You are wrong. Humans are mammals and mammals are animals. Do you not know your science? If you don't then you better start before you become an even bigger idiot.

249 days ago | Side: No
anachronist(885) Disputed
0 points

Whether you believe in evolution or not, humans are animals. We are apes that fit into the category of mammals and then vertebrates. You don't have to believe in evolution to know that.

317 days ago | Side: Yes
2 points

First, there is a massive difference between cruel experiments and simple animal psychological experiments.

Not all experiments mean dissecting something while it's living or feeding it poison.

Most modern experiments are expected to be humane, and have a written purpose.

Non-humane experiments, where the animals are kept in filthy living quarters or are treated badly are not experiments I endorse, however, it might still be important to conduct more controversial experiments as well.

It is a tough issue, but if you have a hypothesis regarding something, and can prove that you will conduct a test humanely, then I feel that it may be something that one should be allowed to test, provided it will actually prove something.

Testing animals for fun is cruelty and nothing more.

323 days ago | Side: Yes
2 points

Sure! Thats what god put them here for------------------------

322 days ago | Side: Yes
EdudModnar(208) Disputed
0 points

No, that's what they evolved for.

322 days ago | Side: No
2 points

Animals evolved to be free not tested on. Every living cell in this universe has the right to be free without being in a cage or container or a restricted area just for them.

249 days ago | Side: No
1 point  

On must treat all animals humanely as God commands in the Bible and by Judeo-Christian tradition.

322 days ago | Side: Yes
EdudModnar(208) Disputed
1 point  

But that would mean I would have to be a vegetarian! Are you joking? You cannot deprive me from what belongs in my mouth. It isn't ethical.

322 days ago | Side: No
1 point  

I do love animals but the animals they probably have no where else to go because they are orphans or grew up in a cage and doesn't know how to survive in the wild. Most of the time scientists use animals that aren't endangered. But if you are against this then think of it this way. If any of your family members died from a harmful disease these animals are helping find a cure once the cure is found they do not have to test on the animal any more.

322 days ago | Side: Yes
1 point  

Isn't that why the chicken crossed the road? To help us determine which came first, the chicken or the egg.

Also, isn't that how they got the wood chuck to chuck wood so that we could figure out how much wood he could chuck?

I think this side is winning ;)

321 days ago | Side: Yes
1 point  

Why yes, and the US government does it all the time. How else can you explain all of the crazy people running around here?

320 days ago | Side: Yes
1 point  

yes, provided that it is conducted under humane conditions

314 days ago | Side: Yes
0 points

Barely any of you would be alive right now if it were not for scientific experimentation, and that includes working with animals. One can not make drugs or prove new measures designed to aid the biological system without working on a biological system.

I'd like to see those that disagree with this form of research, turn down the medicines that will keep them or their loved ones alive, because they feel sorry for the bunnies.

313 days ago | Side: Yes
2 points

I do not use medicine or drugs. I let my immune system do the work. I just eat the right foods to help. That's how I get better twice as quick if taking medicines or drugs.

249 days ago | Side: Yes
ricedaragh(2467) Disputed
2 points

I'd like to see you eat your way out of a brain tumor.

249 days ago | Side: No
0 points

Well. We can't use people, can't we? Animals work just fine, it's a bit cruel but that's the only way.

249 days ago | Side: Yes
4 points

No way when we have prisons full of people we can use. The prisoners choose to be there, animals don't have that capacity.

322 days ago | Side: No
ThePyg(6553) Disputed
1 point  

Prisoners do not choose to be in prison.

Unless all the Christians in the USSR chose to be in the Gulags.

318 days ago | Side: Yes
1 point  

Yes they do, they know the law, and while i am not fond of the law, a criminal knows it is breaking the law on purpose and thus choosing to risk imprisonment

249 days ago | Side: No
Thewayitis(2783) Disputed
0 points

First of all, the USSR doesn't even exist anymore .

310 days ago | Side: No
2 points

NO way! Animals are not ours to do with what we like. If there was some superior being (aliens?) among us, would it be okay for them to experiment on us? Of course not! Horrific experiments have been performed and animals and continue to be. If you knew what abounds in private labs, you would be horrified. Did you know that experimentation labs routinely get dogs from "pounds" and use them? I know of one true story about a beautiful Collie that was experimented upon. His spleen was twisted, on purpose, to see what the outcome would be. He was sewn back up (twisted spleen and all) and awakened alone and in pain. The next morning, the dog was found on the floor, in a puddle of his own blood; his sutures had torn open. He was given too much IV fluid, hence, the bursting open of his wound. Although the dog was near death, he wagged his tail in greeting to his abusers. Without emotion from the humans, the dog was promptly euthanized. This is just ONE story. There are many, many disturbing stories of animal experimentation. All are wrong. All are horrific.

248 days ago | Side: No
1 point  

Men have no natural domain over animals. We have given it to ourselves through arrogance and religion. How is it ethical to raise and hurt animals in unnatural environments? Yes, it helps human beings, but why is helping humans more important than helping animals that are endangered? They are most likely endangered because of humans destruction of the earth..It is unethical, but it is counterintuitive for the human obsessions: Convenience and Longevity. This argument is invalid to people who think that critical thinking entitles us to do whatever we want.

322 days ago | Side: No
Emperor(1344) Disputed
1 point  

Yes, it is a bit frightening, but not all animal experiments are for the benefits of humans.

Many times it's actually to help other animals.

322 days ago | Side: Yes
Emperor(1344) Disputed
1 point  

help other animals?

ahhahaha, yeah only help them from human's destructive influence

animals have been fine for all of earth's history

321 days ago | Side: No
1 point  

When dolphins or whatever species will take over for us, we wouldn't be so pro-scientific experimentation. Never forget this world is a present, which we are nothing but a part of. Respecting it, would turn ourselves into humans. We would never be called homo consumens again, as we, unfortunately, are nowadays.

321 days ago | Side: No
1 point  

Give me $150 bucks an hour and I'll try out your drugs and cuddle with your then rescued puppies and kittens, drug companies.

320 days ago | Side: No
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