Re: Does the end justify the means?

Dave wrote:

(snip)

I am taking the side of the rule of law and the democratic process against the
forces of anarchy.

This is naive. Do you think I have as much influence on the
"democratic process" as it pertains to the use and treatment of
laboratory animals as does the research industry and its army of
lobbyists?

When the law does not protect the weak, the weak and their defenders
have scarce cause to obey the law.

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