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Hilary Blue wrote: > > I muar protest your peotest! Back in my postgraduate student days in South > Africa, I was one of those whp advanced human knowledge in genetics by > sacrificing what you call innocewnts THis is a misnomer - one must remember that all things are created with their place in the matural order. Drosophila (I prefer the more noble name) was created to be a fly , with but 4 chromosomes. it is ridiculous to expect it to rank in the same place ,on the evolu tionary scale as Man with his 46 + 2 chromosomes. It does bring back memories., > but in SOuth Africam, we were not all cruel to our flies. Even though one has > to remember that these creatures have but four chromosomes, you are right > that they are living beings, given us by GOd t po take Care of tbem ANd we > were careful always to be as kind as possible to these lesser creatures created by God in her infinite wisdom.. > Why, the bottles we kept them on were always sparking and shiny so that > visitors from other countries were always impressed with the high standards > of ur laboratories. Of course they only saw the special show places, owned by gpvernment reseach instututes who were given special grants to be able to maintain these high standards. The regular labs were out of the normal tourist beat, and there, conditionsd were not so prety - but 100 flies to the bottle, iso the UNAAFF recommendations of 30, was economically much more viable and after all; these flies had only 4 chromonsomes, and thereofore would not know the differencer. they thought( if they knew how to think with but 4 chromosomes) that they were happy. at least to the observer they appeared to be quite happy. in fact msny would have sworn that they would have been singing as they waited in line to be mutilated - but that is silly - they on ly hAD four chromosomesl so how could they possibly sing. But if you listed very carefully and imagined thnem all vibrating their wings together, you could almost hear the strains of 'carry me back to old johnanny..." Sure there were some with not quite such high standards, > but they kept out of the limelight. And our fruit flies were fed a diet of > milk and honey; where else could one say the flies were fed on such asuperior diet. We protected our flies, we kept rhem in the best living > conditions, and after they they were mutilated in some experiment, we remembered that the > ultimate aim was thecure of devastating disease ampong humans, and thjat the flies were fulfilling their predestined role in history and occupying their design ated niche in society. we > used the gelest means to put our flies out of their misery. we love our flies > and will protect them against all foreign flies > NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL FLIES TO CONE TO THE AID OF THE PARKY hilary blue > Sterling wrote: > > > > Dear List, > > I am a current member in good standing of the NAAFF. I also have PD. It upsets me > > immensely to witness the cavilier attitude which is being demonstrated on this forum regarding > > the life of the fruit fly. It sends a chill to the very basis of my being. The fruit fly only lives 60 > > days! Why make those days a living nightmare by persecuting them and subjecting them to > > Holocaust-like experiments? What has happened to the moral fiber of mankind? How many > > fruit flies must be sacrificed to save me from PD? I can't bear to think of it. Just remember, > > there but for the grace of God go I. When will the slaughter of innocents end? > > > > Greg > > 47/35/35