http://thomaspainescorner.wordpress.com/2009/06/02/jentsch-harms-both-animals-and-people/
If Jentsch’s work is so crucial, why doesn’t he volunteer himself or
members of his family as test subjects? Forwarded to TPC by See You in the
Streets Author unknown6/1/09J. David Jentsch (pronounced “Yench”) uses
primates in addiction studies. Interestingly, the article written about him
in the Los Angeles Times ends with his saying that animals don’t suffer the
psychosocial pain that underlies addiction. Jentsch has therein unwittingly
cited and acknowledged one of the arguments made by the animal rights
movement!
Substance abuse is clearly an area of inquiry that lends
itself admirably to human clinical studies. People, unlike animals, can
dialogue with the examiner and discuss their experiences with addiction.
Millions of dollars squandered to make tweakers out of monkeys could be
allocated for educational and counseling programs to identify and address
the socioeconomic and psychodynamic underpinnings of addiction in
populations at risk for use of intoxicants.
Here are another couple
of points. Jentsch claims in a radio interview with Dr. Jerry Vlasak (see
link below) that he needs to “sacrifice” a certain number of animals to look
at their brains and attempt to discover the molecular changes that occur as
a result of addiction. So, how long does it take to do that? These
vivisectors perform the same experiments repeatedly for decades. And why
don’t they just autopsy the brains of deceased human addicts?
To
listen to the KPCC Radio interview with vivisector J. David Jentsch and
Jerry Vlasak, M.D., visit:
http://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/
Vivisectors like to paint
themselves as altruistic “doctors” searching for “cures” for human ailments,
but in reality they are simply psychopaths drawn to a legal and remunerative
avenue which channels their impulses to torture and murder other living
beings and serves to prop up the medical and pharmaceutical industries as
our poor diets, polluted environment, and disastrous personal behaviors far
outstrip our heritable predilections as contributors to ultimate illness.
Notice how there seems to be a plethora of psychologists among their ranks.
Animal abuse is one of the hallmark symptoms of psychopathology. Another is
the complete inability to empathize with the suffering of other sentient
beings while wailing with abject indignation when the tables are turned.
The vivisectors also know that test data cannot be reliably extrapolated
from one species to another – no matter how “close” they are
phylogenetically. Most of our diseases are the result of faulty lifestyle
choices. Addiction, especially, is entirely volitional – and most people are
well aware of its untoward consequences before making the ruinous decision
to flirt with such a formidable adversary.
I also observe the
saturation of the field with Jews. As a Jew, myself, I must ask what we as a
people have learned from – how we have morally evolved as a result of – the
Holocaust. The antebellum white landed gentry believed that they were
entitled to keep slaves because blacks were “inferior” to whites. Adolph
Hitler felt that he had the right to put 6,000,000 Jews into gas chambers
and ovens because Semites were “inferior” to Aryans. And Jentsch perceives
that he has a license to experiment on primates because animals are
“inferior” to humans.
Jentsch states that animals are not on a trajectory
toward becoming fully human. Neither is a retarded baby or a child with
terminal cancer. Besides, when it comes to suffering, we are all equal. How
about the argument that exploiting one group may do some good for another?
Certainly free labor benefited the Southern plantation owners and
expropriating the worldly assets of millions of European Jews was immensely
profitable for the Nazis!
Vivisection is a morally repugnant,
scientifically fraudulent, and blatantly anachronistic method of research.
It is both an animal rights and a human rights issue. Jentsch harms both
animals and people; he empirically has the interests of neither at heart.
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Forwarded to SYITS:
J. David Jentsch (pronounced "Yench") uses primates in addiction studies.
Interestingly, the article written about him in the Los Angeles Times ends
with his saying that animals don't suffer the psychosocial pain that
underlies addiction. Jentsch has therein unwittingly cited and acknowledged one
of the arguments made by the animal rights movement!
Substance abuse is clearly an area of inquiry that lends itself admirably
to human clinical studies. People, unlike animals, can dialogue with the
examiner and discuss their experiences with addiction. Millions of dollars
squandered to make tweakers out of monkeys could be allocated for educational
and counseling programs to identify and address the socioeconomic and
psychodynamic underpinnings of addiction in populations at risk for use of
intoxicants.
Here are another couple of points. Jentsch claims in a radio interview
with Dr. Jerry Vlasak (see link below) that he needs to "sacrifice" a certain
number of animals to look at their brains and attempt to discover the
molecular changes that occur as a result of addiction. So, how long does it take
to do that? These vivisectors perform the same experiments repeatedly for
decades. And why don't they just autopsy the brains of deceased human
addicts?
To listen to the KPCC Radio interview with vivisector J. David Jentsch and
Jerry Vlasak, M.D., visit: _http://www.scpr. org/programs/ airtalk/_
(http://www.scpr. org/programs/ airtalk/)
Vivisectors like to paint themselves as altruistic "doctors" searching for
"cures" for human ailments, but in reality they are simply psychopaths
drawn to a legal and remunerative avenue which channels their impulses to
torture and murder other living beings and serves to prop up the medical and
pharmaceutical industries as our poor diets, polluted environment, and
disastrous personal behaviors far outstrip our heritable predilections as
contributors to ultimate illness. Notice how there seems to be a plethora of
psychologists among their ranks. Animal abuse is one of the hallmark symptoms of
psychopathology. Another is the complete inability to empathize with the
suffering of other sentient beings while wailing with abject indignation when
the tables are turned.
The vivisectors also know that test data cannot be reliably extrapolated
from one species to another - no matter how "close" they are
phylogenetically. Most of our diseases are the result of faulty lifestyle choices.
Addiction, especially, is entirely volitional - and most people are well aware of
its untoward consequences before making the ruinous decision to flirt with
such a formidable adversary.
I also observe the saturation of the field with Jews. As a Jew, myself, I
must ask what we as a people have learned from - how we have morally
evolved as a result of - the Holocaust. The antebellum white landed gentry
believed that they were entitled to keep slaves because blacks were "inferior" to
whites. Adolph Hitler felt that he had the right to put 6,000,000 Jews
into gas chambers and ovens because Semites were "inferior" to Aryans. And
Jentsch perceives that he has a license to experiment on primates because
animals are "inferior" to humans.
Jentsch states that animals are not on a trajectory toward becoming fully
human. Neither is a retarded baby or a child with terminal cancer. Besides,
when it comes to suffering, we are all equal. How about the argument that
exploiting one group may do some good for another? Certainly free labor
benefited the Southern plantation owners and expropriating the worldly assets
of millions of European Jews was immensely profitable for the Nazis!
Vivisection is a morally repugnant, scientifically fraudulent, and
blatantly anachronistic method of research. It is both an animal rights and a
human rights issue. Jentsch harms both animals and people; he empirically has
the interests of neither at heart.