Linked to the title of this post is a Washington Post editorial discussing the very real possibility of the U.S.'s global position in biotechnology going the same way as the U.S. automotive, manufacturing, and electronics industry -- straight over seas. If this happens, it will be because our President listened to the likes of James Dobson and Pat Robertson on the totally fabricated religious position on the evil associated with stem cell research. Another truly great cost in lives lost thanks to our overtly zealous fundy dominionists....
So where do you think the fundamentalists got this idea that life begins at conception?

Peter Nuhn
it can be argued that an organism's life does indeed begin at this point. However, that doesn't have any bearing on the fact that an early stage embryo (less than 8 weeks) should be used for research or be terminated at the mother's request!There ya have it folks… quintessentially self-serving, egocentric, self-contradicting liberalism in a nutshell: you can have your cake and eat it too. Even though it’s logically unavoidable to deny that life begins at conception, it doesn’t matter because the potential benefits for the already born far outweigh the rights of the preborn—and why not?—they certainly don’t have a say in the matter. The legacy of Josef Mengele lives on…
There ya have it folks… quintessentially self-serving, egocentric, self-contradicting liberalism in a nutshell:See, I think you're running into a problem here as Alex isn't really liberal. In fact, he's really a libertarian. You would probably say that you didn't say HE was liberal, but what he said. I think it would be a much more effective way to reach your goal by leaving out these extra descriptions. In the last few posts, it seems like it's more important to you to attack liberalism (or people you see as liberal) than it is to discuss ideas. Further, it could be argued that conservatism is a self serving, egocentric, self contradicting set of ideas that allows people to have their cake and eat it too. Don't you think it would be a better conversation to compare pros and cons of positions rather than slapping inflammatory descriptions on it?
Even though it’s logically unavoidable to deny that life begins at conception, it doesn’t matter because the potential benefits for the already born far outweigh the rights of the preborn—and why not?—they certainly don’t have a say in the matter.I think we've gone through this quite a bit here. It is human and it is life, but is it murder to have an abortion? I would and have argued no. Your question is a good one though? Can two sets of full human rights exist in one body? Who gets veto power?
The legacy of Josef Mengele lives onAgain, you're undermining your own goal of wanting a reasoned discussion by throwing out a comparison of a pro choice position to Nazis. I think you would be better off by leaving this off. Why did you add that here? Does it serve your goal?
There ya have it folks… quintessentially self-serving, egocentric, self-contradicting liberalism in a nutshell: you can have your cake and eat it too.
Even though it’s logically unavoidable to deny that life begins at conception, it doesn’t matter because the potential benefits for the already born far outweigh the rights of the preborn—and why not?—they certainly don’t have a say in the matter.
The legacy of Josef Mengele lives on…
Will We Lose in the Stem Cell Race?
By Joseph Fuller and Brock Reeve
Saturday, February 3, 2007; Page A15
Joseph Fuller is a founder of the Monitor Group. Brock Reeve is executive director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute.
Gee...do you think the writers have a financial interest in MORE federal dollars...?
Only a blind fool would miss that...
And speaking of fools...there hasn't been one medical advancement due to the use of stem cells...only promises...of course...we've plowed this ground before...
And speaking of fools...there hasn't been one medical advancement due to the use of stem cells...only promises...of course...we've plowed this ground before...
Comment from: hominid [Member]
"Cramming their religion down peoples throats is right" Probably the closest these folks have come to sex. No doubt besides foaming at the mouth they get themselves off by running off at it.
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