Mangled Thoughts

Posted by D
from the Telegraph:

South Cambridgeshire Council has refused Cambridge University permission to proceed with a new ” monkey laboratory ” for Girton. One of its major functions was to serve neuro-science which entails experiments including vivisection. At first glimpse, the gist seemed to be another dribbling excercise of capricious power by interfering socialists. In a sense, yes it was.

Reason, security of the new lab and the safety of scientists cannot be ensured. Letter bombs, death threats, threats of beatings have been received by those involved with the proposal, from those affiliates of the `greens’ parties, animal libbers.

Cambridge has withdrawn the proposal.

The domestic policies of the LP govt. are sinking Britain, yet on this matter, Blair showed some civilised principal and spine, urging Cambridge and Girton to continue as planned and not be blackmailed into sticking with the Dark Age of neuro-science by the polpotian terrorist greeny-animal lib fronts.

Fortunately, things are not nearly so bad, but to keep screamers happy as the infantile savages they are, Oz scientists proceed under extensive, intrusive controls and regulations.

On the other hand, each state govt has this gem: pupils can excercise `their human rights’ in refusing science classes when dissecting dead animals (mostly the type home to bubonic plague the rat).
Instead, the `guideline’ is: teachers must plan a different `activity’ for the tender aged conscientious objectors to sound science with `planned outcomes’.

Learning and progress in any worthwhile rational discipline is not about `outcomes’, it is about mastery of a sound body of learning and advance, irrespective of what a child might be capable of scholastically ( the old , useful distinctions next to grades which read, incompentent, competent, advanced, penetrating grasp of theory).

Dissection is anatomy and thus the beginning of vetinary science and medicine and surgery. No dissection, no surgeons. Pupils cannot pick and choose what they will and will not do in rational sound fields of learning. Bugger the false sensitivities of juvenile delinquents, and their older counterparts in govts. and departments of education.