Saving the animals
In Buffalo New York on October 23rd of last year, Dr. Barnett Slepian was murdered. He wasn't killed because of his financial status or because of a dispute he had with a patient. Someone who never really knew Dr. Slepian, someone who never met his family, a person who didn't agree with Dr. Slepian's job, took his life. This is a great example to show how a disagreement in ideology can lead to actions that no one has the authority to take. An animal liberator bombing a meat processing plant is like the pro-life activist killing the doctor who performs abortions. Both of the actions don't achieve the results that are intended, they both claim that they help save the lives of the innocent, and they are both hypocritical. The results that are wanted can not be achieved through causing pain and suffering to the opposing party. When a sniper took the life of Dr. Slepian he was trying to move the cause of pro-life forward. The end result was not what he had wanted; the medical community was outraged and the people who believed in the right to choose strengthened their resolve. This quote by Dr. Henry Morgentaler, the country's best-known pro-abortion crusader, illustrates this point very accurately.
"This is a sign of the moral bankruptcy of the so-called pro-life movement. It bespeaks their frustration and rage at the fact that they have not been able to convince the public of the rightness of their cause," (Cnn 2) The statement "the end justifies the means" is not true in this example. Even though a few animals might be saved through the action of the bomber, human life is still more valuable. The same results could be achieved through peaceful ways such as the protests made by Ghandi and Martin Luther King. The other assumption that eliminating a person from the pool will help lower animal deaths is wrong. The problem has to be eliminated at the roots, if at all. There will always be new people to replace the ones that are gone, if people still want the product that is offered.
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Approximate Word count = 981
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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