Re: Scouted: House Bans Patents on Human Beings

2003-12-23 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Scouted: House Bans Patents on Human Beings Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 03:31:30 + Travis Edmunds wrote: You may say that it's not justified. Fine

Re: Scouted: House Bans Patents on Human Beings

2003-12-23 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Travis Edmunds wrote: If one of my kids needed some special organ (say, the heart) and it happened that the only one available (compatibility, etc) was _yours_, I might try to kill you to harvest that organ. That doesn't make it right. Disclaimer: I didn't render my own opinions in my

RE: Scouted: House Bans Patents on Human Beings

2003-12-22 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Scouted: House Bans Patents on Human Beings Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 20:07:40 -0500 Not sure if anyone out there disagrees with this law, but if so, I 'd be interested in hearing

RE: Scouted: House Bans Patents on Human Beings

2003-12-22 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Scouted: House Bans Patents on Human Beings Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 17:15:58 -0600 At 05:02 PM 12/22/03, Travis Edmunds wrote: From: John D. Giorgis

RE: Scouted: House Bans Patents on Human Beings

2003-12-22 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Scouted: House Bans Patents on Human Beings Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 17:35:26 -0600 I know. But then you know I have to point out the obvious

Re: Scouted: House Bans Patents on Human Beings

2003-12-22 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Travis Edmunds wrote: You may say that it's not justified. Fine. But what if you or your child or some other loved one of yours, contracted a life threatening affliction, and the only means of saving yours or the other person's life was to harvest a human embryo (which you consider to be

Scouted: House Bans Patents on Human Beings

2003-12-21 Thread John D. Giorgis
Not sure if anyone out there disagrees with this law, but if so, I 'd be interested in hearing from you. JDG http://www.lifenews.com/bio175.html Pro-life groups say a patent is a government-conferred property right and human beings shouldn't be considered property. The provision would ban