Comment Re:Michael J Fox has Parkinson's.... (Score 1) 365
Nobody knows how broadly and to what diseases stem cells could be successfully applied to. Why? Because we haven't done the work. And we will never know until the work is done. That is not politics, that is a fact.
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However, the position being taken by the Bush administration is not a reasoned one. It is nothing more than cynical pandering to the ignorant that have been fed unjustifiably bad science and theology by people that should know better.
You are glossing over some very important points here. First, the work *has* been done and *is* being done. The work just isn't being done in the USA. So far, there has been very little of promise according to the threads that have been posted here. Why continue researching a topic that is not turning anything up?
Second, who are you to judge that Bush's reasoning is invalid? You are not discussing the same thing, fundamentally. To you, a fetus is simply another clump of cells. It is as simple as breaking a rock to see what is inside. To someone who stands against embryonic stem cell research, that fetus represents another being. To them, breaking into that "rock" is murder. How can you ask them to support murder? Please consider that before you start calling them misinformed, misguided or ignorant.
However, the position being taken by the Bush administration is not a reasoned one. It is nothing more than cynical pandering to the ignorant that have been fed unjustifiably bad science and theology by people that should know better.
You are glossing over some very important points here. First, the work *has* been done and *is* being done. The work just isn't being done in the USA. So far, there has been very little of promise according to the threads that have been posted here. Why continue researching a topic that is not turning anything up?
Second, who are you to judge that Bush's reasoning is invalid? You are not discussing the same thing, fundamentally. To you, a fetus is simply another clump of cells. It is as simple as breaking a rock to see what is inside. To someone who stands against embryonic stem cell research, that fetus represents another being. To them, breaking into that "rock" is murder. How can you ask them to support murder? Please consider that before you start calling them misinformed, misguided or ignorant.
