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Re: Frog
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Date: 
Wed, 3 Feb 1999 18:23:18 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <36B86106.6EDF913F@voyager.net>...

You pulled the wings off flies? Sigh. It's not good to torture animals
needlessly. Even vermin like flies deserve to die cleanly with a minimum
of needless suffering.

As soon as they pass a law about it.

Flies are not advanced enough to suffer.  At the very least you need pain
receptors to suffer, and flies don't have those.  Their nerves are limited
to "this leg works" messages.

Jesse

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  Re: Frog
 
(...) OK, good to know. Learn something every day, these groups are great for that. Nevertheless I myself try not to do things that may appear to be cruel, even if they're not, because I don't want to remember what sorts of animals are capable of (...) (26 years ago, 3-Feb-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Frog
 
Jesse Long wrote in message ... (...) They must still get a bit stressed when they receive a "wings?, what wings?" message :) Cheers [SteveScott] (26 years ago, 4-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)

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Jesse said: (...) You pulled the wings off flies? Sigh. It's not good to torture animals needlessly. Even vermin like flies deserve to die cleanly with a minimum of needless suffering. (26 years ago, 3-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)

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