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To: dirtboy

That's because adult stem cells have been researched since the 1950s! We are just NOW starting to see benefits. Embryonic stem cells have only been researched for about 8 years.

And I guess you failed to see the point. Research today will payoff 40 years from now. The argument that embryonic stem cell research has produced no results ignores the fact that this kind of research can take decades to produce results.

I thought the post about moon rocks was self-explanatory, but I guess some people need to be spoon-fed.


279 posted on 07/19/2006 12:47:51 PM PDT by Lunatic Fringe (Man Law: You Poke It, You Own It)
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To: Lunatic Fringe
That's because adult stem cells have been researched since the 1950s! We are just NOW starting to see benefits. Embryonic stem cells have only been researched for about 8 years.

So in other words, it took the cultural dehumanization of Roe v. Wade and other such actions to get to the point where we are willing to destroy human embryos to achieve medical advances. I think we can do just fine working with other stem cells without plunging into the moral abyss of killing embryos for new treatments.

I thought the post about moon rocks was self-explanatory, but I guess some people need to be spoon-fed.

You only think such of your opponents. We are quite aware of your rationalization. NASA did not set out to deliberately kill human lives to reach the moon.

283 posted on 07/19/2006 12:50:52 PM PDT by dirtboy (Glad to see the ink was still working in Bush's veto pen, now that he wisely used it on this bill)
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