Letter to the Pres, from Bob, the stem cell

[Downthestretch55]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

So, B, are you yourself opposed to fertility clinics, then? Seeing as how they create thousands and thousands of "lives" (since you believe life begins at conception) that are then discarded?

And Bush didn't veto a bill providing for federal funding of stem cell research (as Danzig pointed out)- he vetoed a bill that would have loosened federal restrictions on what kinds of stem cells (i.e., stem cells from new lines) could be used.

Again, what I have not had answered to my satisfaction, fascinating though this thread has been, is why it's okay for fertility clinics to create and then dispose of thousands and thousands of embryos, and yet not okay for those embryos to be donated to medical research. Can you explain to me how one can be morally acceptable and not the other?

Again, these are not embryos being created for the express purpose of medical research- these are embryos that are going to be tossed into the medical waste heap.

Genuine Risk,
Thank you for restating that which I intended, and alas, was unable to convey.
My best guess is that "morality" as it applies to science (and the diseased, infirmed, and dying that would benefit from the research that is pursued) is much easier to justify than the slaughter of thousands regarding "wars of choice" that also fail. In other words, bio-ethics is fair game, REAL ethics needs distraction and vetoes.
It plays so well with those that are so MORAL!
Let's not talk of curruption, lies, destruction of the Constitution, on and on.
These idiots feel JUSTIFIED! Or so it seems...so obvious. So little to defend.
Tell the hypocrites to explain their position to those that would benefit from the cures the genetic scientists seek to find.
DTS

and, since I read something that you quoted..."One that argues with a fool only demonstrates foolishness."