Sunday, February 08, 2004

Enemies Of Mankind

Alex Epstein writes in Capitalism Magazine:

Thanks to intimidation by animal rights terrorists, Cambridge University has dropped plans to build a laboratory that would have conducted cutting-edge brain research on primates. According to The Times of London, animal-rights groups "had threatened to target the centre with violent protests ... and Cambridge decided that it could not afford the costs or danger to staff that this would involve."

The university had good reason to be afraid. At a nearby animal-testing company, Huntingdon Life Sciences, "protestors" have for several years attempted to shut down the company by threatening employees and associates, damaging their homes, firebombing their cars, even beating them severely.
Those who attack people and property for material gain are usually condemned by everyone as looters. (Except by Liberals.)

Why isn't a simular assault on persons and property for spiritual gain, such as feeling good about one's self, also grounds for comdemnation?

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