Re: PETA's Ties to Terror

"Purple" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "Rubystars" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Remember this, a lot of the "cruelty free" products that are being
marketed
> > have ingredients which were tested on animals at some point, it's just
the
> > companies no longer need to do testing on that particular
product/additive.
>
> You are missing the point. It doesn't make future or present testing
> morally acceptable. In fact it makes it even more repugnant since in most
> cases we already have products that do their job quite adequately. Many
> companies recognise this and make the commitment not to use any
ingredients
> tested after a given fixed cut off date. Even if this cut off date is 2002
> this means that buying their product you are not financially encouraging
> the torture of animals to develop *new* ingredients.

I don't like acute toxicity testing either, and I think it's largely
unecessary.

I just wanted to point out that just because something is labeled cruelty
free doesn't mean it was never tested on animals.

-Rubystars