[TASMANIANRED]

I have no animosity to Michael Fox..

I have a problem with deception.

He knew he was over medicated and made the commercial any way. He did it for effect....That is problem 1.

Problem 2 is the content of the commercial is a lie...

Adult stem cell doesn't have a funding problem because it works.. They have plenty of investment money.

Embryonic stem cell needs federal funding because investors don't want to touch it because it is a flop.

The most recent information is highly suggestive that it causes tumors...

The constitution does not list funding any kind of research as being constitutionally allowable..

Government needs to get out of the research business entirely, just like it needs to get out of the arts, get out of the broadcasting business, running trains and funding the ACLU as well.

[Blowtorch]

Okay. I generally agree with each of your points, although I would have phrased things a little differently. My main point is that there are some posters on this thread that are being unnecessarily mean spirited to a man who deserves respect for what he's been through and what he's going through.

No, I don't agree with the commercial or his views on stem cell research, but I do have tremendous respect for him as a person.

I grew up watching Michael and have seen him at his best, fun, full of life and strength. And now I see him, weakened and shaking, trying to control his fits, and yet still having the guts to talk in front of the camera in his humbled condition and speak about what he believes him. I call that dignity.