Re: Fwd: [TMIC] This I cant believe

2006-07-27 Thread Jim Lubin
: Alton Ryder [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: July 24, 2006 8:36:57 AM EDT ... Subject: Re: [TMIC] This I cant believe Personally, I value the life of a twenty year old much, much more than a frozen embryo that is CERTAIN to be discarded. And the legal environment and statistics ensure that if the parents

Re: [TMIC] This I cant believe

2006-07-26 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If I did decide to get the transplant, the organs would not be removed from the donor until after the person has died naturally of the disease. The doctors would not do something to cause the person to die so the liver/lungs could be transplanted before my organs fail. So a life would

Re: [TMIC] This I cant believe

2006-07-25 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Not all stem cell research is the same. I am all for stem cell research that does not involve taking (what I consider) another life to improve my life. Jim, Imagine that because of all your rabel-rousing- Smoking and Boozing- that your lungs and liver were dying. In the same hospital was

Re: [TMIC] This I cant believe

2006-07-25 Thread ROBERT COOK
be imposed upon the taxpayer. [Original Message] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jim Lubin [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; tmic-list@eskimo.com Date: 7/25/2006 3:27:49 PM Subject: Re: [TMIC] This I cant believe Not all stem cell research is the same. I am all for stem cell

Re: [TMIC] This I cant believe

2006-07-25 Thread Jim Lubin
At 01:09 PM 7/25/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not all stem cell research is the same. I am all for stem cell research that does not involve taking (what I consider) another life to improve my life. Jim, Imagine that because of all your rabel-rousing- Smoking and Boozing- that your lungs

Re: [TMIC] This I cant believe

2006-07-25 Thread Gillian Clark
a bundle of contradictions - Original Message - From: Butcher, Bernie [SFS] To: Gillian Clark ; TM list Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 2:56 AM Subject: RE: [TMIC] This I cant believe I had a liver transplant when I was 41 - 13 years ago. Then came TM, 4 years

Re: [TMIC] This I cant believe

2006-07-24 Thread Alton Ryder
Personally, I value the life of a twenty year old much, much more than a frozen embryo that is CERTAIN to be discarded. And the legal environment and statistics ensure that if the parents are determined to discard them, they shall be discarded. If the statistic of discards vs adoptions

Re: [TMIC] This I cant believe

2006-07-24 Thread Gillian Clark
[Alton, who also doesn't believe scarce transplants should be used for people my age, and Alton will now duck] Guess I'll be ducking with you, will there be enough room? Gilly .

[TMIC] This I cant believe

2006-07-23 Thread grace53a
Hello. My name is Grace. I have aggressive neuromyelitis optica, (Devic's Disease.) and have experienced five attacks in the last year alone. It is extremely likely that in the end, I will die blind and helpless,as a result of either respiratory failure from brain stem involvement, orfrom

Re: [TMIC] This I cant believe

2006-07-23 Thread Sandy Heidel
, July 23, 2006 11:51 AM Subject: Re: [TMIC] This I cant believe Not all stem cell research is the same. I am all for stem cell research that does not involve taking (what I consider) another life to improve my life. I will not do whatever it takes to make life better. It's just like

Re: [TMIC] This I cant believe

2006-07-23 Thread Gillian Clark
Dear Grace, What a wonderful answer. I share your point of view but respect the views of others also. It makes so much more sense for this debate to happen here rather than with people who have nothing to gain from stem cell research/use. hugs Gilly On 24/07/06, grace53a [EMAIL PROTECTED]