From:	"Wesley W. Walker" <wwalker@****.UARK.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Where's the keys? (Kinda long)
Date:	Fri, 4 Nov 1994 16:58:37 -0600

Erik S Jameson wrote:
> I don't run characters with a defined moral code. However, they do some
> things, and not others. The Whistler, as an example, while he would sell
> out almost anyone (aside from family), he refuses to take on wetwork.
> But he still kills people. I find that this is a lot closer to real
> life than crap like alignments, which fix you into one frame of mind.

Try Lawful Evil. :) That about fits perfectly... Hell, even Paladin's
-kill- people. It's just that their 'moral code' (Lawful Good) dictates
their method.

> And as far as the rabbit issue goes, here is my take on it. There's a
> joke that goes something to the general affect of:
>
> If hooking a monkey's brain up to a car battery will make me live longer
> and healthier, then show me where the ignition is!

[rant justifying sacrificing animal lives for human lives]

I do not agree, though I feel for you, I don't believe that
making other creatures suffer is justified by the simple fact that
someone may live a few months longer. It's just selfish. I've had
some personal experience with terminally ill relatives as well.. And,
though I miss my step-father dearly, I don't want to think about the
suffering that was spread about to give him another year of life without
even a shread of dignity or quality.

No, pain is never justified. Ask yourself if you'd like if your
child, brother, sister, whoever was subjected to tests where acids in the
guise of paint, perfumes, etc were poured into their eyes to see what
adverse effects they had, or what was the on set time of incurable
blindness... and *YOU* were -FORCED- to watch as they screamed, yelped,
and whined in agony and *shear* mortal -terror- as they tried to scratch
their own eyes out. You know they -STRAP- the animals down and _MAKE_
_THEM_ _SUFFER_?!?!?!?

This is not justified. If you think it is, then volunteer your *own*
life to have same such experiments performed on you and yours. I dare you.

As far as the rabbit being shot with glass bullets that induced a
heart attack. You are one *SICK* person. Have you ever seen the face of
someone (A HUMAN) having a heart attack or a stroke. IT F**KING HURTS
JUST TO LOOK AT THEM! Can you even *begin* to imagine the pain? Do you
believe that its *any* different for an animal??? You are a monster if
you do.

Just because it's easy for us to kill, does *not* mean we have
-any- right to. Humans have no more right to live than any animal
nor no less. I don't see rabbits mucking up the atmosphere, oceans, etc
etc etc etc...

My twenty-two fifty. :|

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