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> "If we hadn't experimented on animals, you might not even be alive today."

That might apply to some life-saving drugs.

Cosmetics and weapons are not medicines - far from it.



If it weren't for some weapons, you might not be alive today either.


If it weren't for some cosmetics, many of us might not be alive today either.


Survivor bias? If it weren't for some weapons, a lot of people might be alive today.

Claiming that weapons save more people that they kill is simply illogical.


Where exactly was that claim made?


> If it weren't for some weapons, you might not be alive today either.

...unless you are implying that this is about saving me personally at the expense of other people lives.




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