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| Re: British MPs back creation of human-animal embryos [message #331647 is a reply to message #331439] |
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Starbuzz
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| nikki6ixx wrote on Wed, 21 May 2008 20:37 |
The comments about this article are hilarious.
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This is a good comment:
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This is a good decision. I'm glad we're getting a step closer to finding cures for these terrible diseases.
I apologize for the scientifically ignorant, knee-jerk comments coming disproportionately from the USA.
Steve, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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| Re: British MPs back creation of human-animal embryos [message #331730 is a reply to message #331663] |
Fri, 23 May 2008 21:31 |
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| Starbuzz wrote on Fri, 23 May 2008 18:41 |
| warranto wrote on Fri, 23 May 2008 12:21 |
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I have two rare "orphan" diseases, and I oppose this research. Science has brought more misery than help. It is absurd to think this won't be used to grow living hybrids. The a-bomb was supposed to stop here; it didnt; it exceeded its bounds.
Margaret, Los Alamos NM, US
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Another great quote... especially the stuff in bold.
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Being sarcastic or serious?
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obviously sarcastic, science is what gives you a tetanus shot after being bitten by an animal, that needle injection that saves your life from meningitis.
science that figured out how to pump your stomach from alcohol before your kidneys fail to filter it and you lose two kidneys.
yup, science fucked this world over!
Presence is a curious thing, if you think you need to prove it... you probably never had it in the first place.
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| Re: British MPs back creation of human-animal embryos [message #331968 is a reply to message #331730] |
Mon, 26 May 2008 07:31 |
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| Ryu wrote on Fri, 23 May 2008 22:31 |
| Starbuzz wrote on Fri, 23 May 2008 18:41 |
| warranto wrote on Fri, 23 May 2008 12:21 |
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I have two rare "orphan" diseases, and I oppose this research. Science has brought more misery than help. It is absurd to think this won't be used to grow living hybrids. The a-bomb was supposed to stop here; it didnt; it exceeded its bounds.
Margaret, Los Alamos NM, US
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Another great quote... especially the stuff in bold.
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Being sarcastic or serious?
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obviously sarcastic, science is what gives you a tetanus shot after being bitten by an animal, that needle injection that saves your life from meningitis.
science that figured out how to pump your stomach from alcohol before your kidneys fail to filter it and you lose two kidneys.
yup, science fucked this world over!
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Right, sarcastic.
It's tough to qualify whether "more" harm than good came from science. Has harm come from science? Yes. But as Aircraftkiller said, it's the motivation and the use (but to add one, the results of the use) that carries the blame, rather than the tool.
I say results because it may just be that the motivation and the use were correct, but the result is harm. Hollywood is always good for examples: I Am Legend shows the result of harm when motivation and use were pure.
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| Re: British MPs back creation of human-animal embryos [message #332045 is a reply to message #331438] |
Mon, 26 May 2008 19:52 |
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I know that. The internet can be used for horrible things too, but one can not write off the amount of usefulness it provides us.
It's not as if I'm not agreeing with you. Anything can be used for 'good' or 'evil' , whether it's a scientific development, a religious scripture, or a rock.
As for my opinion on this embryonic stuff, I don't like it much at all. Frankly, I think we humans have bigger problems to solve. Less time should be spent on curing horrible illnesses, and more time should be spent on preventing them. Lifestyle plays a major part of whether you get cancer, or you live to be 100.
Edit: Like the Impala by the way. 
Renegade:
| Aircraftkiller wrote on Fri, 10 January 2014 16:56 |
The only game where everyone competes to be an e-janitor.
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| Re: British MPs back creation of human-animal embryos [message #332053 is a reply to message #332045] |
Mon, 26 May 2008 20:48 |
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| nikki6ixx wrote on Mon, 26 May 2008 21:52 |
As for my opinion on this embryonic stuff, I don't like it much at all. Frankly, I think we humans have bigger problems to solve. Less time should be spent on curing horrible illnesses, and more time should be spent on preventing them. Lifestyle plays a major part of whether you get cancer, or you live to be 100.
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Try telling that to the kids who got deadly hereditary diseases and die at age 6 or 8 or 19. Somewhere along the line, a medical breakthrough must come in.
Another person's life should not be decided by the limitations of your primordial beliefs.
What takes priority? A zygote or a person who has evolved beyond that stage to full life, individual identity and unique personality?
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