tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037275061245964811.post1755190381884786160..comments2023-11-02T16:01:28.095+08:00Comments on Ibi Benefici Locus Est: Letter to the Editor: Animal-Testing Cruel, Inaccurate and Unnecessary~CovertOperations78~http://www.blogger.com/profile/05533605886607468773noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037275061245964811.post-16607514078356227732010-06-09T16:50:26.255+08:002010-06-09T16:50:26.255+08:00Dear Louis,
The letter published in The Star is o...Dear <b>Louis</b>,<br /><br />The letter published in The Star is only a third of its original length, and it took a different approach from the Malay Mail -- the Star removed all references to the animal experiments that went wrong, but included the information on alternatives to animal testing. Piece the letters from Malay Mail and The Star together and you might get my entire letter!~CovertOperations78~https://www.blogger.com/profile/05533605886607468773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037275061245964811.post-27389455438688741652010-06-09T13:28:38.765+08:002010-06-09T13:28:38.765+08:00Hi,
Just saw your letter in The Star. Was it fairl...Hi,<br />Just saw your letter in The Star. Was it fairly intact? I didn't do a side by side comparison.louishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02724442924909561263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037275061245964811.post-3261688469335969402010-06-08T11:25:23.143+08:002010-06-08T11:25:23.143+08:00Thank you for your support, Keats! Malaysiakini pu...Thank you for your support, <b>Keats</b>! Malaysiakini published my letter in full, Malay Mail truncated it, and The Star and NST refused to have anything to do with it. Oh well. You win some, lose some. C'est la vie.~CovertOperations78~https://www.blogger.com/profile/05533605886607468773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037275061245964811.post-22393628134924055992010-06-07T08:55:11.323+08:002010-06-07T08:55:11.323+08:00Thanks for the new insights into this issue too. ...Thanks for the new insights into this issue too. I detest the truncating and mutilating of your article too. That is not the editor's prerogative!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17272333503136774741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037275061245964811.post-19298207776030673592010-06-04T17:15:54.591+08:002010-06-04T17:15:54.591+08:00Thanks very much for your encouragement, Louis! I ...Thanks very much for your encouragement, <b>Louis</b>! I could try to keep it simple and superficial like the newspapers want me to, but would it help the cause? Would it help the readers gain a better understanding of what goes on in animal tests and whether it really is the best way of testing the safety and efficacy of products? <br /><br />I don't mind my letters being edited by the press, it's their prerogative to do so, but for Heaven's sake, I'd wish they'd do proper EDITING, not TRUNCATING or MUTILATING! <br /><br />Thank you for taking the time to go through the entire letter.~CovertOperations78~https://www.blogger.com/profile/05533605886607468773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037275061245964811.post-41503549946686719762010-06-04T14:08:26.522+08:002010-06-04T14:08:26.522+08:00You have presented a thoroughly researched and rea...You have presented a thoroughly researched and reasoned paper. A far cry from the superficial soundbites we are used to on both sides of the Pacific. I have gained new insights into this issue because of it.<br /><br />As lamentable as it is, it is not surprising that commercial media does not publish letters like yours, or edits them to a shadow of their original version. They cater to readers who read at an Eighth Grade level and have the memory and attention span of a flea...and that is true not just in "bolehland" as mentioned in a comment above, but over here as well.louishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02724442924909561263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037275061245964811.post-46585013519048485572010-06-04T12:35:54.627+08:002010-06-04T12:35:54.627+08:00HAHAHAHA! You do know who the esteemed editor is, ...HAHAHAHA! You <i>do</i> know who the esteemed editor is, don't you? But I must agree - damn idiots for taking out what shows you to be an intelligent critic who offers alternatives and solutions!<br /><br />But here in bolehland, it's all about the criticism lah. Alternatives? Solutions? Who gives a shit?!<br /><br />But never-mind lah, Malay Mail readers don't know how to read. Tengok gambar cukup!Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10795820209657289652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037275061245964811.post-34654978896528936482010-06-04T11:56:38.787+08:002010-06-04T11:56:38.787+08:00Dear Pat,
Thank you! The letter needs to go out s...Dear <b>Pat</b>,<br /><br />Thank you! The letter needs to go out so very badly because most people are still of the opinion that animal testing is accurate and necessary.<br /><br />The only paper to have published it so far is the Malay Mail but the chopped it in HALF! They only published the first half, about all the experiments that went wrong, but not the equally if not more important bottom half, about alternatives and solutions. So it looks as though I haven't offered a solution at all! Stupid paper! No wonder it went bankrupt! Editor tak tahu buat kerja!~CovertOperations78~https://www.blogger.com/profile/05533605886607468773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037275061245964811.post-48253543611765812432010-06-04T11:02:19.334+08:002010-06-04T11:02:19.334+08:00Brilliant letter, E!
I'll go check it out and...Brilliant letter, E!<br /><br />I'll go check it out and send it off to all my friends and tumpang sekaki and say: That's my friend, you know!!!<br /><br />Yup, you are right. The man is a bozo! How he equates what he equates, in his mind, I cannot imagine!<br /><br />The only way forward is species specific testing. What you say is true - it may be fine with an animal, and kill us off! <br /><br />Plus, the way they test meds and products on animals... sigh. I cannot fathom how man can be so cruel to a fellow living creature. It pains me so.<br /><br />And, btw, the best solution is, of course, what CIS suggests: start a politician testing facility. That's species specic. OR IS IT?!Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10795820209657289652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037275061245964811.post-72369606608663480232010-06-04T00:30:07.081+08:002010-06-04T00:30:07.081+08:00Thank you, Ellen, Au and Target!
My letters do ge...Thank you, <b>Ellen, Au and Target</b>!<br /><br />My letters do get published, albeit sometimes in heavily edited form. Malaysiakini informed me that this particular letter will be published tomorrow. So if you have a Malaysiakini account, do come on over and check it out!<br /><br />Thanks for the support!~CovertOperations78~https://www.blogger.com/profile/05533605886607468773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037275061245964811.post-78196203256987180382010-06-03T22:53:12.143+08:002010-06-03T22:53:12.143+08:00Sock it to them, Ee Lynn. Do your letters ever ge...Sock it to them, Ee Lynn. Do your letters ever get published?Ellen Whytehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10036407326752053191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037275061245964811.post-60220277547742325612010-06-03T20:11:25.824+08:002010-06-03T20:11:25.824+08:00Thanks for your support, Ili. A lot of torturing g...Thanks for your support, <b>Ili</b>. A lot of torturing goes on in farms too, and this is what leaves a lot of people feeling uneasy.~CovertOperations78~https://www.blogger.com/profile/05533605886607468773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037275061245964811.post-10612996566033417332010-06-03T20:01:39.015+08:002010-06-03T20:01:39.015+08:00i llove it!!!! seriously... eating animals (meat) ...i llove it!!!! seriously... eating animals (meat) and animal testing are 2 different things.... one is kill and eat and the other is torturing!!!!!mNadeshikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01670602577114126916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037275061245964811.post-46390571379009441212010-06-03T13:18:21.696+08:002010-06-03T13:18:21.696+08:00Dear Kitties-in-Sydney,
Good idea! I will be your...Dear <b>Kitties-in-Sydney</b>,<br /><br />Good idea! I will be your staunch supporter and will find you lots of willing donors happy to part with their money for such a worthy cause. I would like to graft pigs' ears onto the backs of politicians and swap their eyes and put them on Ecstasy and then deprive them of food and water and call it "SCIENCE".~CovertOperations78~https://www.blogger.com/profile/05533605886607468773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037275061245964811.post-33458377156588634662010-06-03T13:13:57.422+08:002010-06-03T13:13:57.422+08:00CO78,
I'm going to start a new organisation to...CO78,<br />I'm going to start a new organisation to raise funds for politician testing facility - to be run by cats. Please support me. grrrrrrr......Cat-from-Sydneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04316678270023647758noreply@blogger.com