Animal Rights = Human Loathing

I've mentioned this on numerous occasions. "Animal rights" activists are really not motivated by love of animals.  They really, at heart, are all about loathing humans. Case in point: a self-styled group of "animal rights" activists in Britain are bragging about having poisoned tubes of antiseptics in stores - in a stated effort to put human children into the hospital.

Thousands of tubes and bottles of Savlon have been taken off shelves after animal rights activists claimed to have poisoned them.

High street shops, including Boots and Superdrug, acted after a hardline group claimed to have tampered with more than 250 items containing the antiseptic.

The Animal Rights Militia did not say how they had been damaged but it recently claimed to have injected bleach into products in France.

Tesco said it had temporarily withdrawn Savlon and would be working closely with police before it was put back on sale.

The extremists said they had also targeted "other well-known stores" as part of a continuing campaign against the animal testing laboratory Huntingdon Life Sciences.

An internet message said they chose Savlon because its Swiss-based manufacturer, Novartis, is believed to be among the clients of HLS.

The message warned: "We don't want to kill living beings but the side-effects and the inevitable hospital stay will give people an idea of what Novartis pays for inside Huntingdon Life Sciences."

The antiseptic is primarily used on children, of course. So these brave fighters for animal rights have no qualms whatsoever about sending kids to the hospital. Very nice. Right in line with another school of thought about experimentation. And I use that particular reference advisedly. Because there is not one whit of difference.

Show me a rabbit or a rat or a mouse that has composed this or done this and we can have an interesting discussion. Especially in the case of a product such as this antiseptic cream, the testing involved - even if done to a rabbit or a rat - is to ensure no adverse skin reactions on humans. It is not wanton cruelty toward human children.

The Animal Rights Militia have no such moral constraints. And zero moral high ground to stand on.