ShaE
07-31-2006, 11:05 PM
I was reading an article on Bush's veto of federal funding for embryonic stem cell research today...and I thought these quotes put things rather concisely :
"By slowing cures for several major diseases, this decision may well doom thousands to die prematurely. It contradicts the whole idea of what it means to be 'pro life'...
It is now almost five years since Bush's August 2001 'stem cell compromise', which allowed for work on 60 existing cell lines. When most of these lines turned out to be unworkable or irrelevant to cures for humans, he didn't let the new facts affect him. In that sense, the whole issue is emblematic of what's wrong w/ the Bush presidency: his inflexibility, obsession with his conservative base, religious arrogance, and contempt for scientific consensus.
Most of all, last week's decision betrayed his oft-stated belief in the sanctity of life. The question, as in all moral issues, is whose life? I'll choose yours or mine over a piece of protoplasm no larger than the period at the end of this sentence."
Talk about hitting the nail on the head.
"By slowing cures for several major diseases, this decision may well doom thousands to die prematurely. It contradicts the whole idea of what it means to be 'pro life'...
It is now almost five years since Bush's August 2001 'stem cell compromise', which allowed for work on 60 existing cell lines. When most of these lines turned out to be unworkable or irrelevant to cures for humans, he didn't let the new facts affect him. In that sense, the whole issue is emblematic of what's wrong w/ the Bush presidency: his inflexibility, obsession with his conservative base, religious arrogance, and contempt for scientific consensus.
Most of all, last week's decision betrayed his oft-stated belief in the sanctity of life. The question, as in all moral issues, is whose life? I'll choose yours or mine over a piece of protoplasm no larger than the period at the end of this sentence."
Talk about hitting the nail on the head.