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received in email from www.care2.comAt the Imperial College of London, undercover investigators discovered rats being beheaded with guillotines and having their necks broken after experiments. This animal cruelty is bad enough. But even worse, because of Britain's secrecy laws, countless other instances of abuse may be taking place with no one the wiser.
The Freedom of Information Act, which was passed in 2000, should mean that Brits get access to exactly what their tax money is paying for. But many people don't know that there are secrecy clauses that make it a crime to talk about animal experimentation -- no matter how disgusting it is.
Thanks to Section 24, a clause embedded within the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, anyone who talks about the details of animal experiments, even to Parlia ment, risks two' years imprisonment and an unlimited fine. Meanwhile, it's perfectly legal to give brain damage to a monkey or force-feed chemicals to dogs until they become sick and collapse. We need to get our priorities straight.
Tell the government to review "Section 24" and allow the public and Parliament to hold labs accountable for their animal cruelty!
So, you think it's ok to suppress political debate using the law under the pretext that we might end up under a dictatorship. Suppressing political debate... isn't that what dictators do?A good job it is. Having a monarcy does reduce the power that undesirable power mongers like Tony Blair and Geo- sorry Gideon Osborne might otherwise have. There are many republics controlled by dictators. Is that what you want?
The monarchy is just as self-serving as any PM has been, look at all the interference in legislation to their own benefit. The sooner we can boot them out and replace them with someone elected (and removable) the better.woodburner wrote:A good job it is. Having a monarcy does reduce the power that undesirable power mongers like Tony Blair and Geo- sorry Gideon Osborne might otherwise have. There are many republics controlled by dictators. Is that what you want?
Have I missed something here? Who was being a bully?woodburner wrote:Don't tell me what I think. I have no interest in discussions with bullying undertones. Two arch bullies have left recently, unfortunately they'll probably return.
He comes across as very sensitive does our wb, bless him. Not a criticism btw: a compliment.Murf wrote:Have I missed something here? Who was being a bully?woodburner wrote:Two arch bullies have left recently, unfortunately they'll probably return.
Maybe not sensitive, but I do expect (forlorn hope perhaps) that people on forums treat others' views with some amount of respect, rather than "My view is the only truth". (Except for me of courseemordnilap wrote:He comes across as very sensitive does our wb, bless him. Not a criticism btw: a compliment.
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