Well the Right wing-nuts again are able to demonstrate how they are incapable of leading the free world. Recently, in reference to a bill easing restrictions on stem cell research, W commented that we need to move towards a “Culture of Life.” Who the hell is he trying to kid? This is not someone who has any respect for any kind of life, that’s been demonstrated since he ordered the invasion of
Iraq in 2003. The only thing that he seems to truly value is making other people conform to his sense of what peoples values should be.
Here’s the real problem, while these right wing wackoloons hold rallies to protest things like stem cell research, the
United States is trailing almost every country in the world in the development for new treatments for illnesses that we’re going to start seeing a lot more of in the near future.
With the aging baby boomer generation there’s going to be a surge in all kinds of ailments from Parkinsons disease, Alzheimers and various forms of cancer. Our healthcare system is going to be overloaded with people that have illnesses that could be treated or even cured through stem cell research.
Lets change the perspective a bit though, suppose this generation is prepared to accept the facts of their fate but decide not to exploit this means of treatment. Pope John Paul II had Parkinsons, and refused any kind of treatment that he deemed unethical. I don’t agree with his decision, but it was his right to make that choice. I on the other hand would take every option available to me, even if it were illegal (I haven’t had the opportunity to do so, but I’m awfully fond of being healthy and able bodied. It makes me happy for some reason.). The problem with this is that people such as the President are trying to force onto the rest of us their values.
As far as I’m concerned, if he wants to beat off into his bible while reciting the lords prayer, he’s perfectly welcome to do so. I wont judge him or even poke my nose into his business, but by imposing his sense of ethics onto the rest of the country, he’s condemning us to suffer with illnesses that could otherwise be treatable.
Besides, it’s all bullshit, a couple of cells in a test tube do not compose human life, they are human cells. There are thousands of human embryos that could be harvested for stem cells that will inevitably be destroyed this year. These embryos were made for the specific purpose of helping people who are infertile have children, but they will never be used. Instead of pouring them down the drain, using them to help treat things like Multiple Sclerosis would be a boost.
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