Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Is this real life?

When looking at advertisements, I came across this billboard and it is quite disturbing. It was actually originally posted on another person's blog (link below) and they also commented on the absurd nature of the ad. The ad quotes "Who would you RATher see live?" It is centered on animal research, using the false dichotomy fallacy. The ad gives the viewer two choices, vote for animal research or see children die. This billboard doesn't take into account the fact that there are many other technologies other than animal testing to do research, such as testing replicated cells. Here is the ad:


source: http://agreenlight.tumblr.com/post/4413865132/av-animal-testing-or-killing-children-fun-with-false

I personally am shocked that anyone would publicize this, but I guess my opinion wasn't really solicited...
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2 comments:

  1. From the GroveOctober 7, 2011 at 10:20 PM

    Ostensibly, I did not even think this was real, since I scrolled over this as an advertisement originally. The billboard reminded me of an entirely vile advertisement from PETA that manipulated the fallout of a criminal case. The advertisement appeared to replicate a Sacramento case about a mother allegedly microwaving her child to death, depicting a pork chop in a microwave next to a mother pig with a piglet. I digress - I'm not an advocate for or against animal violence by any means, but there is a middle ground between animal and human experimentation. Science does not necessitate harm toward life.

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  2. CS1414October 9, 2011 at 8:45 PM

    Wow, that Sacramento ad sounds really depressing...

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