Animals Should Be Used For Scientific Research

May I start out by saying this is one of the best debates I have ever been in and it has been a really fun experience for me. Thank you for starting this debate and we should do this again sometime!Now, for my final arguments!"Total federal revenues were $2.16 trillion in fiscal year 2010" I did the math and exactly 0.00629% of tax dollars."I thought you might say that. That is only what it is costing us, the taxpayers. What is it costing the government? Think about that."Your pain argument is also ludicrous. You make a moral claim, but I could make a moral equilibrium by saying there pain is justified by the pain it saves us from."I'm sorry, but that is just heartless. Do you have no pity?! There is LITERALLY a video of a monkey being stuck in a tube and dying, which was one of my links in the last article. It saves about 5 million of us and takes 100 million of them (as stated in previous arguments) that, last time I checked, is not equal. "B. Rats in labs are bred especially for the purpose of testing, and otherwise wouldn't have been born."Therefore, we are breeding animals just to kill them? I think not being born is a bit better than a full life of pain and misery. "Because they are RATS."In every round, you have made an argument against a rat. At LEAST three times. You have failed to notice that only 18% are rats, as YOU SPECIFICALLY SAID. You have made no arguments against animals that don't carry diseases and that we love. If I didn't know any better, I would say your whole argument is revolving around rats. Look, rats are animals too and deserve to be treated with at least a LITTLE respect!"Which is irrelevant"It is not irrelevant because failed animal testing has KILLED people! If you think so highly of humans, why have you not addressed the fact that it is killing us, too? "Around 95% of all animals that are being tested are specially bred rats and mice"And I corrected you with 85% of the time. Did you just scan my argument or thoroughly read it?"That rabbit you pulled up has no sources whatsoever and as far as I know is probably used in testing hair products."Check out the source at the bottom [1]. And the title says "Animal Testing." How am I supposed to know what "Animal Testing" means to you? And how do you know that it was hair product? It might very well be for medical purposes."You are simply trying to evoke emotions in the voters"I am trying to show them what we are doing, and trying to make some points. You are free to include some pictures, also. It is good debating skills to include pictures and you can't change that."We aren't just small minded eating machines."...Wow. Do you really hate animals that much? What did they ever do to you?"Want to know what keeps him alive? Insulin. And want to know how they made that? By animal testing."Insulin was "discovered" in 1869 by research [2]. This was far before advanced animal testing. We made a life saving product without animal testing, and in less evolved times, so why do we have to do it today? You just proved another one of my points. I will only make one point because my opponent only made this debate three rounds, and he can't post a rebuttal. But I will end with one more point.Argument 1: We do have some alternatives, you know! [3]For my last argument, I will show that animal testing can be stopped and replaced with an alternative. Corrositex is one example. It is artificial skin that shows damages of products. That means it is not cruel and you don't have to use animal's skin for it. Another example and alternative to animal testing is computer modeling [4]. We are advanced, as you said, and computer modeling would both cut the costs for scientists AND save a ton of innocent animals. Many countries around the world are using these alternatives successfully. The rest of the world should follow in their footsteps.To sum up, my debate was against animal testing overall. I posted many rebuttals and seven arguments. Now It's all up to you, the voters, to see who you want to win. Thank you for reading and God Bless!!![1] http://www.peta.org...[2] http://www.nobelprize.org...[3] http://suite101.com...[4] http://www.newscientist.com...