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handoflixue comments on Don't ban chimp testing - Less Wrong Discussion

15 Post author: PhilGoetz 01 October 2011 05:17PM

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Comment author: handoflixue 05 October 2011 12:45:41AM 0 points [-]

Or they're making the very valid point that apparently the existing laws are failing horribly at actually protecting the apes, as clearly illustrated by their choice of example...

Arguably they should focus on being stricter about existing laws, but it's not abnormal for a society to say "okay, clearly the people doing X are abusing it despite our regulations, so we're just going to take away X except in very rare, carefully licensed and justified exceptions."