Hi there Tilok: How are things at the Ozarks? I knew you would clarify things a bit - you must have some training in genetics with large animals too.
Yes, I agree with you, as far as the GOP is concerned, ethics are only applied selectively. And this issue with stem cells plays right into the hands of the bible belt riligious whackos. Maybe, they wouldn't have a problem if the research were conducted in Iraq. That would be one more reason for going to war, don't you think? Ram da. --- Tilok Hatimuria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > O'Ram da: > > Aapuni thikei koise. Hema tu xosai poetic. Gotike > cell-gila daam thoka bostu > hoboi. > > > >Also, should ethics even be an issue when > >hESCs are drawn from frozen embryos? > > > Yes, yes. Indeed ethics are of importance. Only > problem is with the question > of what is more ethical? Is it more ethical to > declare war on a country not > at war with us, on false pretenses, or is it more > ethical to prohibit > destruction of fertilized human embryos to harvest > Hemar poetic cells? Is it > more ethical to prevent playing God or saving lives > with embryonic stem > cells or is it more ethical to go kill innocent men, > women and children > along with all those that are branded 'terrorists' - > never mind if they > really are or not. Is it more ethical to gloat over > shock-and-awe over > destruction of the innocent with the guilty while > expressing shock over > Godless scientists working on embryonic stem cells? > > These are complicated issues. Hypocrisy of course is > not something that one > needs to bother with. Certainly not so, when with > one neat label of > "terrorists" we can cleanse our consciences of all > guilt at snuffing out the > innocent with the guilty, or those seen ming to be > guilty. > > Looks like the label has really caught on. Even back > in the old country, > poets and policemen, generals and governors, goons > and the gentry, all are > getting into the red-hot business of terrorist > labeling, defining and > hunting business with a vengeance. > > Nothing like a good tide to wash-off all the dirt > around us, isn't it? > > > > Yours truly, > > Tilok Daktor(in a bad mood) > > > > The debate on stem cells has become an important > issue > in the Presidential campaign , the last debate, and > the passing away of Chris Reeves. > > While most of us have a basic understanding of SCs, > and the Nat'l Institutes of Health in its website > does > answer most of the questions, one keeps wondering > why > the President is so opposed to something most > scientists would agree its a good thing for a mirade > of cures. > > My understanding is that human embryonic stem cells > (hESC) are the way to go. It seems that adult stem > cells ie. hematopoietic stem cells,(HSCs) are the > only > ones available for research and hESCs research > potential is stunted. Is the President just > pandering > to the religious right? > > Maybe some netter (or genetist) with a better > understanding can give us in layman terms what all > this means. Also, should ethics even be an issue > when > hESCs are drawn from frozen embryos? > > _________________________________________________________________ > Don�t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN > Search! > http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam Mailing list FAQ: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html To unsubscribe or change options: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam
