I could not agree with you more! I have been voting in presidential
elections for the past 40 years. This will be the very first time I have
ever voted for a Democratic candidate for presidency.
Bill Ray C -4
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Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 1:12
PM
Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] "scientific proof"
& "junk science"
I do not necessarily like Kerry, but given the alternative I do
believe Bush
is much worse. I could not help but address each of your
comments
individually...
Snip - "There is no ban on embryonic stem
research."
Almost all funding for basic research comes from government
funded sources.
It is what has kept the United States at the forefront of
technological
development worldwide for the past few hundred years. By
placing a ban on
federal funding, Bush is by defacto placing a ban on the
research.
Snip - "There is no scientific proof at this time that it
works better than
adult stem cells."
Your idea is true, that there
is a lot of hope for uses of adult stem cells.
However, there is no
proof of anything until after a discovery is made!
That is why is called
research! "Scientific proof" is the result of a
discovery made
through research, not the precursor of it! There was no
scientific proof
that a wheel would be more efficient than simply dragging
things around,
until someone made a wheel and then by direct observation it
was known to
be a more efficient improvement. There is no scientific proof
that
one chemical combination will work better than another at treating
a
particular ailment, until after it's been tried and tested. Prior
to that
there are only theories based on existing knowledge. I
do not know why,
but at this time scientists theorize based on existing
knowledge that
embryonic stem cell research holds more promise for
treatments than adult
stem cells do.
Snip - "Do you want real
science funded or "junk science"."
And I suppose you are qualified to
make that distinction? The science of
many men through history was
labeled in their time as "junk science" only to
be exonerated as geniuses
by later generations.
Snip - "KERRY IS LYING!"
You are entitled
to your opinion, however if that is true then many
professionals most
likely much more knowledgeable than you or I are lying to
us all, not
Kerry. He is simply listening to, and repeating what the
research
scientists and other professionals in the medical community
have
said. If you listen to the tone of his comments, he always
refers back to
the medical community. That is more than I can say for
Bush whose comments
ring with the tone, "I believe" (emphasizing the ' I')
What I disdain about
Bush is his arrogance both on this issue and in
foreign affairs. He seems
to believe his wisdom is greater than that
of specialists and advisers who
are infinitely more knowledgeable,
insightful, and experienced in their
fields then he!
Mark
Felling
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