Re: stem cell research - Charles Krauthammer

2009-03-15 Thread Gruss Gott
> Larry wrote: > From materials and equipment, there is a very large amount of government > oversight. So much so that I very much doubt that a company could get away > with anything significantly unethical That doesn't pass the sniff test. I guess I have a hard time believing that NatalCorp i

Re: stem cell research - Charles Krauthammer

2009-03-15 Thread Larry Lyons
>Did you do the experimentation or were you a subject of the experiments? ;) > Both. Nothing we did with the participants were not test out on ourselves. The hypnotic pain control methods, sticking your hand in ice water for a minute (we'd only let participants go for about 20 seconds), and the

Re: stem cell research - Charles Krauthammer

2009-03-14 Thread Larry Lyons
>> Larry wrote: >> What I want can be expressed here: >> http://ohsr.od.nih.gov/guidelines/index.html >> > >I'm not at all familiar with this, but what's to stop a privately >funded company from doing whatever the hell it wants? Genentech, for >example. > >I mean legal or no they will do what th

Re: stem cell research - Charles Krauthammer

2009-03-14 Thread Scott Stroz
Did you do the experimentation or were you a subject of the experiments? ;) On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 8:35 PM, Larry Lyons wrote: > > >> You're not at all familiar with how research is done these days are you. > I > >> don't have the time nor the inclination to teach you something you > really >

Re: stem cell research - Charles Krauthammer

2009-03-14 Thread Larry Lyons
>> You're not at all familiar with how research is done these days are you. I >> don't have the time nor the inclination to teach you something you really >> should know if you're going to be bloviating about this. I suggest you start >> at the NIH site and continue from there. I would also do a g

Re: stem cell research - Charles Krauthammer

2009-03-14 Thread Larry Lyons
>As always, you read only want you believe beforehand. I have been quite >clear for years that I am not religious and religion has no place in >government or regulation of any sort. > >What you totally fail to understand, it seems, is that ethics are founded in >morals. Without basic moral guideli

Re: stem cell research - Charles Krauthammer

2009-03-14 Thread Robert Munn
All laws contain some form of moral or ethical (and by extension moral) judgment, whether good or bad. But that doesn't mean all laws are socialist. Take the FDA. They enforce strict rules on food products, rules based on ethical and moral judgments about food safety. Is the FDA socialist? I don't

Re: stem cell research - Charles Krauthammer

2009-03-14 Thread Gruss Gott
> RoMunn wrote: > > no, it's democratic. it's not an economic problem, it's a political problem. >> Uhhh ... isn't that a little socialist? > So when the government taxes us, and uses those funds to ensure moral oversight, you're saying that's not socialist? Because hopefully you can see wh

Re: stem cell research - Charles Krauthammer

2009-03-14 Thread Robert Munn
no, it's democratic. it's not an economic problem, it's a political problem. On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 12:14 AM, Gruss wrote: > > > RoMunn wrote: > > > > I'm not saying I have the right answer. What I know for sure is that > giving > > science free reign without any thought to ethical or moral c

Re: stem cell research - Charles Krauthammer

2009-03-14 Thread Gruss Gott
> RoMunn wrote: > > I'm not saying I have the right answer. What I know for sure is that giving > science free reign without any thought to ethical or moral considerations is > an invitation to unthinkable evil in the name of science. If we can all > agree that there needs to be some limit somewhe

Re: stem cell research - Charles Krauthammer

2009-03-14 Thread Robert Munn
I'm not saying I have the right answer. What I know for sure is that giving science free reign without any thought to ethical or moral considerations is an invitation to unthinkable evil in the name of science. If we can all agree that there needs to be some limit somewhere on what we allow scienc

Re: stem cell research - Charles Krauthammer

2009-03-13 Thread Gruss Gott
> RoMunn wrote: > proceed. Your ranting about religion and morality is no argument at all, > just a child whining that they want their own way. > +1 ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release t

Re: stem cell research - Charles Krauthammer

2009-03-13 Thread Robert Munn
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Larry Lyons wrote: > > >What do you want? More Dr Mengeles? More Tuskegees? > > > >Someone has to watch them, because history has shown some will go WAY too > >far for research. > > What I want can be expressed here: > http://ohsr.od.nih.gov/guidelines/index.html

Re: stem cell research - Charles Krauthammer

2009-03-13 Thread William Bowen
> Like the guy or not, you have to admit that he presents a clear argument > about why science alone should never govern research. yeah... Org.Religion has always been so very much about the advancement of Science... we should put clergy in charge of everything! /sarcasm > How anyone as sophist

Re: stem cell research - Charles Krauthammer

2009-03-13 Thread G Money
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Larry Lyons wrote: > You're not at all familiar with how research is done these days are you. I > don't have the time nor the inclination to teach you something you really > should know if you're going to be bloviating about this. I suggest you start > at the NI

Re: stem cell research - Charles Krauthammer

2009-03-13 Thread Scott Stroz
Dammit Robert and Gruss...look what you guys did with your recent 'I agree' antics...I agree with Larry on this one. On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Larry Lyons wrote: > > >> Aside from the fact that Charles Krauthammeris a shill for the neocons, > >> just examine your statement there. > > >

Re: stem cell research - Charles Krauthammer

2009-03-13 Thread Gruss Gott
> Larry wrote: > What I want can be expressed here: > http://ohsr.od.nih.gov/guidelines/index.html > I'm not at all familiar with this, but what's to stop a privately funded company from doing whatever the hell it wants? Genentech, for example. I mean legal or no they will do what they want, b

Re: stem cell research - Charles Krauthammer

2009-03-13 Thread Larry Lyons
>What do you want? More Dr Mengeles? More Tuskegees? > >Someone has to watch them, because history has shown some will go WAY too >far for research. What I want can be expressed here: http://ohsr.od.nih.gov/guidelines/index.html What I do not think should be the case are religious/morals approva

Re: stem cell research - Charles Krauthammer

2009-03-13 Thread Larry Lyons
>> Aside from the fact that Charles Krauthammeris a shill for the neocons, >> just examine your statement there. > > >Then he's a pretty shitty shill, if he endorses stem cell research. > > >> It is so mind boggling gob smacking so far out there that its in orbit. >> What do you want, correct mora

Re: stem cell research - Charles Krauthammer

2009-03-13 Thread Gruss Gott
> ZapMan wrote: > > It's interesting to me that people are fine with creating embryo's in > the quest for creating a life, even if some of those fertilized > embryo's are going to be destroyed later on.  Yet, people are not fine > with creating embryo's for the sake of research. Yeah, that's my p

Re: stem cell research - Charles Krauthammer

2009-03-13 Thread G Money
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Larry Lyons wrote: > Aside from the fact that Charles Krauthammeris a shill for the neocons, > just examine your statement there. Then he's a pretty shitty shill, if he endorses stem cell research. > It is so mind boggling gob smacking so far out there that i

Re: stem cell research - Charles Krauthammer

2009-03-13 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
It's interesting to me that people are fine with creating embryo's in the quest for creating a life, even if some of those fertilized embryo's are going to be destroyed later on. Yet, people are not fine with creating embryo's for the sake of research. It's the same end for the majority

Re: stem cell research - Charles Krauthammer

2009-03-13 Thread Jerry Johnson
What do you want? More Dr Mengeles? More Tuskegees? Someone has to watch them, because history has shown some will go WAY too far for research. On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Larry Lyons wrote: > > >Like the guy or not, you have to admit that he presents a clear argument > >about why scien

Re: stem cell research - Charles Krauthammer

2009-03-13 Thread Larry Lyons
>> RoMunn wrote: >> I will note in advance that I am in favor of stem cell research (I worked >> for a biotech company that does it, after all), but I am totally opposed to >> the idea of creating embryos solely for the purpose of research. >> > >Yeah but that's extreme in the other direction. > >

Re: stem cell research - Charles Krauthammer

2009-03-13 Thread Larry Lyons
>Like the guy or not, you have to admit that he presents a clear argument >about why science alone should never govern research. Aside from the fact that Charles Krauthammeris a shill for the neocons, just examine your statement there. It is so mind boggling gob smacking so far out there that i

Re: stem cell research - Charles Krauthammer

2009-03-13 Thread G Money
Decent arguments, not without merit. I'm a huge stem cell supporter, and would also support embryo creation solely for the harvesting of stem cellsbut I would welcome discussion on limits to this practice.very tight regulation of some kind. I also hope that research on adult stem cells, w

Re: stem cell research - Charles Krauthammer

2009-03-12 Thread Robert Munn
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 7:37 PM, Gruss wrote: > > For example, are the "embryos" created for couples that can't have > babies "research"? If not, why not? And if we're going to say > creation of THOSE is ok, why not for other types of "research"? And > what about the ones that are already crea

Re: stem cell research - Charles Krauthammer

2009-03-12 Thread Gruss Gott
> RoMunn wrote: > I will note in advance that I am in favor of stem cell research (I worked > for a biotech company that does it, after all), but I am totally opposed to > the idea of creating embryos solely for the purpose of research. > Yeah but that's extreme in the other direction. While the

stem cell research - Charles Krauthammer

2009-03-12 Thread Robert Munn
Like the guy or not, you have to admit that he presents a clear argument about why science alone should never govern research. I will note in advance that I am in favor of stem cell research (I worked for a biotech company that does it, after all), but I am totally opposed to the idea of creating