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"Stem Cell Research"

What a joke Bush will be on this.  Again when Greedy Congressional
Republicans want to take the focus off just providing themselves with a
$5,000 per year pay increase they bring up something related to abortion.
And they just gave their staff a 4.5% increase about twice what they will
end up approving for Social Security and Veterans.  These fat loudmouthed
Republicans could care less about the women or the children they require to
be born.  Cspan first had a program this morning on Welfare Reform about how
many women and children were kicked off welfare because they didn’t get
abortions.  Then these same greedy Republicans want to keep federal funding
out of stem cell research.  Again they do not care about embryo’s,  they
want to keep the research private so they can cash in.  Now that they have
given most of the wealth to the ultra rich,  they have passed laws so these
CEO’s and HMO’s can refuse to cover expensive operations for their workers,
even though they will not be denied if they need the same operations.  Now
these same rich people want Bush to ban government research on stem cells so
they can develop it themselves for their own personal attempts to live
forever.  And of course the middle class will be priced out of the market.

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24 Responses to “"Stem Cell Research"”

  1. admin says:

    Please.

    Before this goes on any longer, please point to one practical application of
    stem cell "research" that has been successfully applied to a single human
    being?

  2. admin says:

    "Docky Wocky" <richard_cran…@lst.net> wrote in message

    news:9jBc7.109$8E2.2930@news…

    > Before this goes on any longer, please point to one practical application of
    > stem cell "research" that has been successfully applied to a single human
    > being?

    Who cares? It’s research in the future. The important thing is the predicted
    accomplishments of stem cell research, not what has already been done.

  3. admin says:

    >>> Ernie DiMicco, Jr.<sparh…@wpi.edu> Thursday, August

    09, 2001 12:55:07 PM >>>

    >"Docky Wocky" <richard_cran…@lst.net> wrote in message
    >news:9jBc7.109$8E2.2930@news…

    >> Before this goes on any longer, please point to one
    >practical application of
    >> stem cell "research" that has been successfully applied
    >to a single human
    >> being?

    >Who cares? It’s research in the future. The important
    thing
    >is the predicted
    >accomplishments of stem cell research, not what has
    already
    >been done.

    So it is okay to fund research into this, but not into
    missle defence.  The same argument you made above for stem
    cell research was put to you for missle defence, and you
    rejected it!! hypocrite!

  4. admin says:

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    Gary Lantz wrote:
    > What a joke Bush will be on this.  Again when Greedy Congressional
    > Republicans want to take the focus off just providing themselves with a
    > $5,000 per year pay increase they bring up something related to abortion.
    > And they just gave their staff a 4.5% increase about twice what they will
    > end up approving for Social Security and Veterans.  These fat loudmouthed
    > Republicans could care less about the women or the children they require to
    > be born.  Cspan first had a program this morning on Welfare Reform about how
    > many women and children were kicked off welfare because they didn’t get
    > abortions.  Then these same greedy Republicans want to keep federal funding
    > out of stem cell research.  Again they do not care about embryo’s,  they
    > want to keep the research private so they can cash in.  Now that they have
    > given most of the wealth to the ultra rich,  they have passed laws so these
    > CEO’s and HMO’s can refuse to cover expensive operations for their workers,
    > even though they will not be denied if they need the same operations.  Now
    > these same rich people want Bush to ban government research on stem cells so
    > they can develop it themselves for their own personal attempts to live
    > forever.  And of course the middle class will be priced out of the market.

    Who would want to live forever with ancient decrepit freaks and mutants walking
    around with stranger’s body parts or cannibalized babies?  When do we start
    eating our dead?  We are already cursed, someone will find a way to do stem cell
    research and it will backfire and I hope it does.  We deserve it.  I will never
    forget the "plea" of Michael J. "kill a baby, save my life" Fox.  Can everyone
    feel the speed we’re picking up on the downhill slide into hell?  Anyone who can
    get out of this country would be wise to do it as soon as possible, before the
    cities start burning.

  5. admin says:

    Docky Wocky wrote:
    > Please.

    > Before this goes on any longer, please point to one practical application of
    > stem cell "research" that has been successfully applied to a single human
    > being?

    Well, we can hope.  After they’ve used it on a million or so humans they find it
    means certain death.

  6. admin says:

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    Ron Thomas wrote:
    > >>> Ernie DiMicco, Jr.<sparh…@wpi.edu> Thursday, August
    > 09, 2001 12:55:07 PM >>>
    > >"Docky Wocky" <richard_cran…@lst.net> wrote in message
    > >news:9jBc7.109$8E2.2930@news…

    > >> Before this goes on any longer, please point to one
    > >practical application of
    > >> stem cell "research" that has been successfully applied
    > >to a single human
    > >> being?

    > >Who cares? It’s research in the future. The important
    > thing
    > >is the predicted
    > >accomplishments of stem cell research, not what has
    > already
    > >been done.

    > So it is okay to fund research into this, but not into
    > missle defence.  The same argument you made above for stem
    > cell research was put to you for missle defence, and you
    > rejected it!! hypocrite!

    Its more important to that individual that a possibility exists that he
    can prolong his life, than the millions of lives that can be saved by
    defense.  Well, what happens when his body rejects the alien cells when
    he’s "living" in a concentration camp?  I would say poetic justice.  Its
    downright funny.  What does it matter now?  With God, we’ve already
    signed our death warrant a dozen times.

  7. admin says:

    Ron Thomas wrote:
    > So it is okay to fund research into this, but not into
    > missle defence.  The same argument you made above for stem
    > cell research was put to you for missle defence, and you
    > rejected it!! hypocrite!

    I guess you have never really studied debate.  There’s nothing wrong
    with funding research for missile defense.  What is stupid is actually
    building a missile defense system that has proven unworkable.  Those
    plans are already in the making.

    On the other hand, stem cell research has already proved successful in
    repairing spinal injuries.

    Do some study before making yourself look like an ass in front of the
    world.


    "We spent a lot of time talking about Africa, as we should. Africa is a
    nation that suffers from incredible disease."–GW Bush, Gothenburg,
    Sweden, June 14, 2001

  8. admin says:

    "Ron Thomas" <spaml…@saberquest.com> wrote in message

    news:9kumsa$2fqv$1@news.aros.net…

    > >Who cares? It’s research in the future. The important thing
    > >is the predicted
    > >accomplishments of stem cell research, not what has already
    > >been done.

    > So it is okay to fund research into this, but not into
    > missle defence.  The same argument you made above for stem
    > cell research was put to you for missle defence, and you
    > rejected it!! hypocrite!

    False. There are *zero* reasons why stem cell research should not be pursued.
    There are myriad reasons why the actual attempted construction of a missile
    defense is a poor idea.

  9. admin says:

    "Besq" <Besqa*…@earthlink.net> wrote in message

    news:3B72E4A8.21429028@earthlink.net…

    > > Please.

    > > Before this goes on any longer, please point to one practical application of
    > > stem cell "research" that has been successfully applied to a single human
    > > being?

    > Well, we can hope.  After they’ve used it on a million or so humans they find
    it
    > means certain death.

    Embryos aren’t humans.

  10. admin says:

    georgie spelvin sez:

    "On the other hand, stem cell research has already proved successful in
    repairing spinal injuries…"
    _______________________

    Yeah! On four day old paraplegic tadpoles. Stick to the challenge given.

  11. admin says:

    "Docky Wocky" <richard_cran…@lst.net> wrote in message

    news:siDc7.114$8E2.2998@news…

    > "On the other hand, stem cell research has already proved successful in
    > repairing spinal injuries…"
    > _______________________

    > Yeah! On four day old paraplegic tadpoles. Stick to the challenge given.

    The challenge given was a ridiculous strawman of what is really going on.

  12. admin says:

    George Spelvin <gspel…@everywhere.edu> wrote in message

    news:3B72E71E.FC7ACBB0@everywhere.edu…

    > "We spent a lot of time talking about Africa, as we should. Africa is a
    > nation that suffers from incredible disease."–GW Bush, Gothenburg,
    > Sweden, June 14, 2001

    "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Monica Lewinsky."–Bill
    Clinton, early 1998

  13. admin says:

    Ernie DiMicco, Jr. wrote:
    > "Besq" <Besqa*…@earthlink.net> wrote in message
    > news:3B72E4A8.21429028@earthlink.net…

    > > > Please.

    > > > Before this goes on any longer, please point to one practical application of
    > > > stem cell "research" that has been successfully applied to a single human
    > > > being?

    > > Well, we can hope.  After they’ve used it on a million or so humans they find
    > it
    > > means certain death.

    > Embryos aren’t humans.

    They’re not elephants.  They are potential humans that if implanted will become
    humans.  I don’t buy that "lump of tissue" stuff, conception is the beginning and it
    is human.

  14. admin says:

    On Thu, 09 Aug 2001 19:15:17 GMT, "Docky Wocky"

    <richard_cran…@lst.net> wrote:
    >Please.

    >Before this goes on any longer, please point to one practical application of
    >stem cell "research" that has been successfully applied to a single human
    >being?

    So according to you in the 30′s and 40′s the government should have
    cut research funding to universities that were trying to build an
    electronic computer because till then computers had never been
    "applied"  to do anything useful, right?

    wpf

    ______________

  15. admin says:

    "Besq" <Besqa*…@earthlink.net> wrote in message

    news:3B7337DA.A5C67368@earthlink.net…

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    > Ernie DiMicco, Jr. wrote:

    > > "Besq" <Besqa*…@earthlink.net> wrote in message
    > > news:3B72E4A8.21429028@earthlink.net…

    > > > > Please.

    > > > > Before this goes on any longer, please point to one practical
    application of
    > > > > stem cell "research" that has been successfully applied to a single
    human
    > > > > being?

    > > > Well, we can hope.  After they’ve used it on a million or so humans
    they find
    > > it
    > > > means certain death.

    > > Embryos aren’t humans.

    > They’re not elephants.  They are potential humans that if implanted will
    become
    > humans.  I don’t buy that "lump of tissue" stuff, conception is the
    beginning and it
    > is human.

    Fuck embryos

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  16. admin says:

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    Besq wrote:
    > Ernie DiMicco, Jr. wrote:

    > > "Besq" <Besqa*…@earthlink.net> wrote in message
    > > news:3B72E4A8.21429028@earthlink.net…

    > > > > Please.

    > > > > Before this goes on any longer, please point to one practical application of
    > > > > stem cell "research" that has been successfully applied to a single human
    > > > > being?

    > > > Well, we can hope.  After they’ve used it on a million or so humans they find
    > > it
    > > > means certain death.

    > > Embryos aren’t humans.

    > They’re not elephants.  They are potential humans that if implanted will become
    > humans.  I don’t buy that "lump of tissue" stuff, conception is the beginning and it
    > is human.

    Then you believe that when they throw the unused ones away that is just as bad as
    abortion? What would you do with those 100,000 plus that they now have on hand?

  17. admin says:

    In article <2iCc7.2156$5d2.6…@news1.wwck1.ri.home.com>, "Ernie

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    DiMicco, Jr." <sparh…@wpi.edu> wrote:
    > "Besq" <Besqa*…@earthlink.net> wrote in message
    > news:3B72E4A8.21429028@earthlink.net…

    > > > Please.

    > > > Before this goes on any longer, please point to one practical
    > > > application of
    > > > stem cell "research" that has been successfully applied to a single
    > > > human
    > > > being?

    > > Well, we can hope.  After they’ve used it on a million or so humans
    > > they find
    > it
    > > means certain death.

    > Embryos aren’t humans.

    Hello, ignoramus.

    Human embryos are 100% human by any objective measurement.  We are human
    because our DNA tells us to be human.  Our DNA comes from our parents
    (who are also human), and we developed into adult humans over a period
    of about eighteen years (plus or minus depending upon our DNA).

    By definition, a human killing another human is homocide.

    At what point in human development would you consider homocide for
    scientific research to be justifiable homocide?

    In the late 1930′s and early-to-mid-1940′s the Japanese figured any time
    was justifiable as long as the human in question was not Japanese.  Due
    to their experiments on Chinese human subjects, we in the US gained a
    massive amount of scientific data regarding such things as pain
    tolerance and disease transmission.


      "If you want to know God’s thoughts, first learn His language."

      Dr. William "Dave" Thweatt
      Ph.D. Theoretical Quantum Chemistry
      Postdoctoral Fellow
      North Dakota State University
      NOW RUNNING UNIX ON HIS MAC!!!
      Fargo, ND 58105

  18. admin says:

    In article <3B72E9C8.43D40…@everywhere.edu>, George Spelvin

    <gspel…@everywhere.edu> wrote:
    > plans are already in the making.

    > On the other hand, stem cell research has already proved successful in
    > repairing spinal injuries.

    > Do some study before making yourself look like an ass in front of the
    > world.

    In other news, Japanese and German scientific studies from 1936 through
    1944 provided a wealth of data in the areas of pain management, poison
    tolerance, disease transmission and other areas have proved enormously
    successful…


      "If you want to know God’s thoughts, first learn His language."

      Dr. William "Dave" Thweatt
      Ph.D. Theoretical Quantum Chemistry
      Postdoctoral Fellow
      North Dakota State University
      NOW RUNNING UNIX ON HIS MAC!!!
      Fargo, ND 58105

  19. admin says:

    "Dr. William "Dave" Thweatt, Ph.D." <thwe…@quantum.chem.ndsu.nodak.edu> wrote
    in message

    > > > Well, we can hope.  After they’ve used it on a million or so humans
    > > > they find it
    > > > means certain death.

    > > Embryos aren’t humans.

    > Hello, ignoramus.

    Hello. First of all, your doctorate is in chemistry, so don’t expect me to
    assign you any extra credibility in the biology area.

    > Human embryos are 100% human by any objective measurement.  We are human
    > because our DNA tells us to be human.  Our DNA comes from our parents
    > (who are also human), and we developed into adult humans over a period
    > of about eighteen years (plus or minus depending upon our DNA).

    OK, so then skin cells that flake off your skin, saliva, blood that drips on the
    ground, etc etc are also human, since it contains human DNA.

    Defining a "human" as "something DNA tells to be human" is a circular
    definition, and thus useless.

    > By definition, a human killing another human is homocide.

    However, seeing as you have failed to properly define a "human", this statement
    is meaningless. You might as well say a erglop killing another erglop is
    erglicide.

    > At what point in human development would you consider homocide for
    > scientific research to be justifiable homocide?

    At the point in which the fetus has definitive neural function, of course.
    Before that, it is simply an unconscious lump of cells.

    > In the late 1930′s and early-to-mid-1940′s the Japanese figured any time
    > was justifiable as long as the human in question was not Japanese.  Due
    > to their experiments on Chinese human subjects, we in the US gained a
    > massive amount of scientific data regarding such things as pain
    > tolerance and disease transmission.

    Your point is? Those experiments were unethical because they were done on real
    thinking people, not pseudo-real imaginary people.

  20. admin says:

    Docky Wocky wrote:

    > georgie spelvin sez:

    > "On the other hand, stem cell research has already proved successful in
    > repairing spinal injuries…"
    > _______________________

    > Yeah! On four day old paraplegic tadpoles. Stick to the challenge given.

    That’s a lie.  Stick to the facts.


    "We spent a lot of time talking about Africa, as we should. Africa is a
    nation that suffers from incredible disease."–GW Bush, Gothenburg,
    Sweden, June 14, 2001

  21. admin says:

    Ron Thomas wrote:
    > So it is okay to fund research into this, but not into
    > missle defence.  The same argument you made above for stem
    > cell research was put to you for missle defence, and you
    > rejected it!! hypocrite!

    So it is not okay to fund research into this, but it is okay to fund
    research into missile defense?  The same argument you make against stem
    cells can be made for missile defense, any you accept it!! hypocrite!

  22. admin says:

    Docky Wocky <richard_cran…@lst.net> wrote in message

    news:9jBc7.109$8E2.2930@news…

    > Please.

    > Before this goes on any longer, please point to one practical application
    of
    > stem cell "research" that has been successfully applied to a single human
    > being?

    Why would someone post such an ignorant comment?

  23. admin says:

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    Besq wrote:

    > Ernie DiMicco, Jr. wrote:

    > > "Besq" <Besqa*…@earthlink.net> wrote in message
    > > news:3B72E4A8.21429028@earthlink.net…

    > > > > Please.

    > > > > Before this goes on any longer, please point to one practical application of
    > > > > stem cell "research" that has been successfully applied to a single human
    > > > > being?

    > > > Well, we can hope.  After they’ve used it on a million or so humans they find
    > > it
    > > > means certain death.

    > > Embryos aren’t humans.

    > They’re not elephants.  They are potential humans that if implanted will become
    > humans.  

    So is every egg flushed down the toilet when a woman ovulates.  They are
    potential humans if fertilized.  And every sperm you jack into a Kleenex
    is a potential human if matched with an egg.

    > I don’t buy that "lump of tissue" stuff, conception is the beginning and it
    > is human.

    Prove it.


    "We spent a lot of time talking about Africa, as we should. Africa is a
    nation that suffers from incredible disease."–GW Bush, Gothenburg,
    Sweden, June 14, 2001

  24. admin says:

    "Dr. William \"Dave\" Thweatt, Ph.D." wrote:

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    > In article <2iCc7.2156$5d2.6…@news1.wwck1.ri.home.com>, "Ernie
    > DiMicco, Jr." <sparh…@wpi.edu> wrote:

    > > "Besq" <Besqa*…@earthlink.net> wrote in message
    > > news:3B72E4A8.21429028@earthlink.net…

    > > > > Please.

    > > > > Before this goes on any longer, please point to one practical
    > > > > application of
    > > > > stem cell "research" that has been successfully applied to a single
    > > > > human
    > > > > being?

    > > > Well, we can hope.  After they’ve used it on a million or so humans
    > > > they find
    > > it
    > > > means certain death.

    > > Embryos aren’t humans.

    > Hello, ignoramus.

    > Human embryos are 100% human by any objective measurement.  We are human
    > because our DNA tells us to be human.  Our DNA comes from our parents
    > (who are also human), and we developed into adult humans over a period
    > of about eighteen years (plus or minus depending upon our DNA).

    Well, "Dr." Dave, you should know that there is precious little
    difference in the DNA of all living things.  Genes make the difference.

    > By definition, a human killing another human is homocide.

    Prove a collection of cells is a human being.  Prove that my spittle (a
    collection of human cells) is not a human being.

    > At what point in human development would you consider homocide for
    > scientific research to be justifiable homocide?

    Obvious logical fallacy.  "When did you stop beating your wife?"

    > In the late 1930′s and early-to-mid-1940′s the Japanese figured any time
    > was justifiable as long as the human in question was not Japanese.  Due
    > to their experiments on Chinese human subjects, we in the US gained a
    > massive amount of scientific data regarding such things as pain
    > tolerance and disease transmission.

    Red herring.

    Clearly your "Ph.D." isn’t in logic.

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