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Quote by: Captain Chaos  I don't think Kubedawg was being literal in saying that animals are volunteering. |
I didn`t see anywhere he intimated that he was not being literal. What point made you think he was not being literal? He even goes on in a second post to repeat it again.
I would tell him that in a debate being taken seriously to mean what you say and to say what you mean. I am a little surprised you couldn`t point that out to him and the fact that putting forth such a statement -- if not literal -- is nothing more than obfuscation -- or just absurd.
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Have you guys considered using enemy combatants for testing? After all, they do not have rights.
(that last statement was not serious, btw)
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Clearly stated so by you and hence no confusion. But, if not clearly stated, there is no way to know if this is a literal statement or not -- other than basing it on what we know of your character from previous posts. Kubedawg doesn`t have the luxury of past posts to say he didn`t mean what he said because he never said that animals are forced to undergo tests. Another reason why your statement could be taken serious if it were not clearly stated it wasn`t is because that suggestion you put forth has some truth in the reality of the past.
But, funny you should mention it; I have read literature before that said nomadic people, such a American Indians, when moving into new territory to inhabit, not being sure of which plants were edible, would force any captives they had to eat plant food they were not sure of and watch them for several days for adverse affects. In addition, Japanese doctors tested on POWs new medical procedures, such as shooting a prisoner in the gut at close range for doctors to practice bullet removal techniques in battlefield like conditions to name but one example of their testing on POWs.