Medical Research and Animal Rights

The editorial on the need for and benefits of the use of animals in biomedical research perfectly articulated for me the intellectual and spiritual characteristics of so-called animal rights activists.

As a writer who deals with health and medical subjects, I am profoundly offended by the antisocial and anti-humanitarian tricks of the activists. Three memorable Times phrases will help me to put their behavior in perspective. That behavior is “self-righteous tantrums masquerading as appeals to conscience,” informed by “minds so self-absorbed and vulgar that they are unable to equate the suffering of mice with that of dying children,” and based on “a misplaced sentimentality pretending to be compassion.”

Thank you for this gem of clear thinking and vivid exposition.

REX MALCOLM

Woodland Hills