--- Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So........are you also going to slam a significant > portion of the > medical community who are making the same kinds of > claims and more? > In the context of promoting stem cell research, the > statement is > perfectly reasonable and any claim to the contrary > is just a partisan > wonkfest. > > Gautam, you are much too smart a guy to be falling > for this simplistic > crap. > > xponent > Way Way Too Smart Maru > rob
If I thought there were doctors with any credibility saying that stem cells would cure paralysis in eight years if and only if John Kerry were elected, I would. But I don't think there are, actually, and I do think that much of the promise of stem cells has been vastly exaggerated by people looking for funding. That's how science politics works, and it's no different from any other science. All of this coming, Rob, from someone who is _in favor_ of federal funding of more lines of stem cells. Note that this is very different from "lifting the ban on stem cell research" - _every single time_ Edwards or Kerry says that, they are lying, and they know that they are lying. There is no ban. But this is nothing more than simple demagoguery on the part of two people who, quite obviously, will say and do _anything_ to get re-elected. See Charles Krauthammer's column in the Washington Post today. He's a doctor. He's also paralyzed. You think he might support this sort of research if he thought it could get those kind of benefits in eight years? It may not get them in 80. The URL is: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34167-2004Oct14.html ===== Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
