ראשממשלת אנגליה תוקף מתנגדי ניסויים
בריאיון ל"טיימס" הלונדוני מה 20 למאי (שלשום) תוקף טוני בלייר , ראש ממשלת בריטניה, את מתנגדי הניסויים בבעלי חיים בפרט ופעילי זכויות חיות בכלל, וקורא להלחם באופנה אנטי מדעית שלהם. תרגום חופשי של ההתחלה: טוני בלייר הבטיח להלחם ולשבור את ה"אופנה האנטי מדעית" בבריטניה, והצהיר שהממשלה לעולם לא תכנע למפגינים מוטעים המהווים מכשול לקידום כלכלי ורפואי. מר בלייר הזהיר שעבודת מחקר תאבד לבריטניה ואירופה למקומות אחרים בעולם אם לפעילי זכויות חיות ושאר תנועות מחאה תינתן האפשרות להפסיק פרויקטים שיכולים להציל חיים.... והנה חלקו הראשון של המאמר: The Times, London 20 May 2002 Blair condemns protesters who thwart science BY PHILIP WEBSTER, POLITICAL EDITOR, AND MARK HENDERSON, SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT TONY BLAIR has promised to break down the “anti- science fashion” in Britain, declaring that the Government will never give way to misguided protesters who stand in the way of medical and economic advance. The Prime Minister said in an interview with The Times that there should be a more mature attitude to science in Britain. “It is time to speak up for science,” he said in advance of a substantial speech on the subject on Thursday. Mr Blair gave warning that research work would be lost to Britain and Europe and go elsewhere in the world if animal welfare activists and other protesters were allowed to get away with stopping projects that could save lives. He called for an end to the air of suspicion and mistrust that sometimes surrounded the work of scientists and the misplaced fears and ignorance it often generated. Mr Blair said there were huge opportunities in science, for medical progress and for dealing with some of the great environmental and economic challenges. His speech, in which he will promise to continue increasing investment in research and development, has been planned since he visited high-tech projects in India at the turn of the year. He said: “I was struck in India by the very close links between enterprise and science and the fact that the Indians were openly saying that they felt that some of the anti- science attitudes in the developed economy were giving them real opportunities they were determined to exploit.” Mr Blair said that there were obviously ethical questions over some research that had to be addressed by politicians and society as a whole. “But it is completely unacceptable for people to try to disrupt and destroy the legitimate research on which these issues will ultimately be judged.” The Prime Minister is privately furious at the actions of protesters which have resulted in work being held up on research into genetically modified foods, and at disruption that could threaten a neurological research project in Cambridge aimed at helping sufferers of Alzheimer’s disease. He is angry over the regular description of GM foods as “Frankenstein foods”, and at the way science was blamed for the BSE emergency. “BSE was not caused by bad science but by bad practices,” he said. “Some of these protests have been completely over the top,” Mr Blair said.
בריאיון ל"טיימס" הלונדוני מה 20 למאי (שלשום) תוקף טוני בלייר , ראש ממשלת בריטניה, את מתנגדי הניסויים בבעלי חיים בפרט ופעילי זכויות חיות בכלל, וקורא להלחם באופנה אנטי מדעית שלהם. תרגום חופשי של ההתחלה: טוני בלייר הבטיח להלחם ולשבור את ה"אופנה האנטי מדעית" בבריטניה, והצהיר שהממשלה לעולם לא תכנע למפגינים מוטעים המהווים מכשול לקידום כלכלי ורפואי. מר בלייר הזהיר שעבודת מחקר תאבד לבריטניה ואירופה למקומות אחרים בעולם אם לפעילי זכויות חיות ושאר תנועות מחאה תינתן האפשרות להפסיק פרויקטים שיכולים להציל חיים.... והנה חלקו הראשון של המאמר: The Times, London 20 May 2002 Blair condemns protesters who thwart science BY PHILIP WEBSTER, POLITICAL EDITOR, AND MARK HENDERSON, SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT TONY BLAIR has promised to break down the “anti- science fashion” in Britain, declaring that the Government will never give way to misguided protesters who stand in the way of medical and economic advance. The Prime Minister said in an interview with The Times that there should be a more mature attitude to science in Britain. “It is time to speak up for science,” he said in advance of a substantial speech on the subject on Thursday. Mr Blair gave warning that research work would be lost to Britain and Europe and go elsewhere in the world if animal welfare activists and other protesters were allowed to get away with stopping projects that could save lives. He called for an end to the air of suspicion and mistrust that sometimes surrounded the work of scientists and the misplaced fears and ignorance it often generated. Mr Blair said there were huge opportunities in science, for medical progress and for dealing with some of the great environmental and economic challenges. His speech, in which he will promise to continue increasing investment in research and development, has been planned since he visited high-tech projects in India at the turn of the year. He said: “I was struck in India by the very close links between enterprise and science and the fact that the Indians were openly saying that they felt that some of the anti- science attitudes in the developed economy were giving them real opportunities they were determined to exploit.” Mr Blair said that there were obviously ethical questions over some research that had to be addressed by politicians and society as a whole. “But it is completely unacceptable for people to try to disrupt and destroy the legitimate research on which these issues will ultimately be judged.” The Prime Minister is privately furious at the actions of protesters which have resulted in work being held up on research into genetically modified foods, and at disruption that could threaten a neurological research project in Cambridge aimed at helping sufferers of Alzheimer’s disease. He is angry over the regular description of GM foods as “Frankenstein foods”, and at the way science was blamed for the BSE emergency. “BSE was not caused by bad science but by bad practices,” he said. “Some of these protests have been completely over the top,” Mr Blair said.