Quote Originally Posted by Tribesman
I agree with the protesters , the companies should stop testing drugs on animals and test them on the protesters instead .
Nah, the results wouldn't be generalisable to humans.

This is a tip of a major problem. In principle, it is good thing that share registers, lists of directors and so on are publicly available. there are lots of letigimate uses for us data, and god knows companies need a close eye kept on them. The trouble is that a very small number of protestors are compromising the availablility of all of this data.

Small case in point: my firm recently underwent a reorganisation that required all the partners details to go on a public register (I'll spare you the details). we don't actually work for pharma companies, but we do do some work for universities, and we do do some work for the NHS connected with drug appraisals. So, against the off chance that we might come to the attention of these people, we applied for, and easily got, a confidentiality order. This is happening all over the place.

What I really don't understand is why it is so difficult to put a stop to this. If there are as many as 15 people in the country organising the violent protests I'd be surprised. What do special branch actually do all day?