A Tincture of Introspection
“What do the red ribbons on their lapels stand for?” my daughter asked as we watched Broadway celebrities present the Tony Awards. “AIDS awareness – it’s a way of showing that you support research for a cure,” I answered. To which she responded, “Well, then how can they be against research?” I should preface the discussion by saying that my daughter is participating in a summer apprenticeship program with the EPA, and earlier that same day we discussed her recent tour of the animal research laboratory. As is usually the case with my daughter, her questions come in threes – and the third one is always a duesy. She asked, “Can a person be both for animal research AND for animal rights?”
See Volume 10 Number 3 at the end of July for the full commentary.
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