From: MAX                 
To: SNAKEBYTE           
Subject: Moral/Popular  
Date & Time: 08/08/90 23:48:57
Message Number  7465

Sigh.  The difference between homosexuality and gerbilling, incest,
or what-have-you with regards to "sickness" is that in all of the ones
mentioned except homosexuality, something/someone is being hurt.
 
> Please explain why that (gerbilling) is sick and a high school kid
> hacking up a frog in lab (and I mean HACKING up) is not.....
 
As you may not be aware of the mine field you are approaching, let me
merely say that an animal dying for "medical science" could (note I
said "could", not "should") be considered quite different from one dying
for someone's gratification.  A medical student learning on a cadaver
is qualitatively different than someone whipping a woman to death for
pleasure.  To answer the question more directly (and more personally),
I believe that both gerbilling and high school-level lab dissections
ARE sick.