Friday, November 26, 2010

The Razor's AIDS

Both the FBI and local police were investigating a new incident involving a UCLA neuroscientist, who received "AIDS-tainted" razors. Looks like the holidays came early!

Officials stressed that they don't know if the razors actually had any substance on them, but why ruin an otherwise excellent headline? David Jentsch received the package earlier in the month, and has been a long standing target for animal rights groups due to his research on rodents and primates. In the past, lunatics activists have demonstrated in front of Jentsch's house, and allegedly set fire to his car.

The Animal Liberation Front issued a press release saying it had "obtained" statements from animal activists called "The Justice Department of UCLA," which claimed responsibility for sending AIDS-tainted razor blades to Jentsch. I guess they're the go-to group for getting the details from fringe activist cells, which must make them feel good about their status in the batshit domestic terrorist community. The Justice Department of UCLA (not really a department there), believe that Jentsch injected the test subects with addictive drugs.

"How would Jentsch like the same thing he does to primates to be done to him?" their statement said. Well, if it's not AIDS infected razors, aren't they asking the wrong question? The activists claimed to have sent a similar package to one of Jentsch's researchers, but there is no evidence that package was received. And they say the US Post Office is a failure!

Jentsch's work - mostly funded by the National Institutes of Health, regards identifying the biochemical basis for methamphetamine addiction in teens and disabilities affecting the speech and behavior of schizophrenia patients. I'm prone to agree with his statement, "Responsible use of animals in research aimed at improving the health and welfare of the mentally ill is the right thing to do...We will continue to do so because we have a moral responsibility to society to use our skills for the betterment of the world." There's plenty wrong in this world that needs attention, and the well-being ain't at the top.  If they really want to take up a cause, how about looking into what happened to his eyebrows.

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