Post by King Rat on Jul 18, 2006 7:57:29 GMT -6
Bush is set to veto a bill which would expand the federal government's role in stem cell research.
Do you think stem cell research should be allowed? Embraced?
Should our tax money pay for it? Or is there already enough research ongoing?
I'm not set in stone. I don't oppose the research itself, as Bush seems to, but I wonder if it is smart to throw our tax dollars after it. My limited understanding of it is that more isn't necessarily better and that a LOT of the claims surrounding it are hype - that it is being hailed as a cure-all.
Sometimes I feel that scientists make up illnesses and crisis situations just to get more research money. Like global warming (which is a myth) bound to destroy the world. When I was a kid the crisis was that the sun was burning itself out. Then there were these huge metorites headed for earth. A few years ago West Nile Virus was going to kill us all. Last year it was Bird Flu. Next year they will make up something else.
I am a survivor. Against all odds I have not been stung to death by killer bees from Africa that scientists claimed were unstoppable and were supposed to have already taken over the southern states.
Do you think stem cell research should be allowed? Embraced?
Should our tax money pay for it? Or is there already enough research ongoing?
I'm not set in stone. I don't oppose the research itself, as Bush seems to, but I wonder if it is smart to throw our tax dollars after it. My limited understanding of it is that more isn't necessarily better and that a LOT of the claims surrounding it are hype - that it is being hailed as a cure-all.
Sometimes I feel that scientists make up illnesses and crisis situations just to get more research money. Like global warming (which is a myth) bound to destroy the world. When I was a kid the crisis was that the sun was burning itself out. Then there were these huge metorites headed for earth. A few years ago West Nile Virus was going to kill us all. Last year it was Bird Flu. Next year they will make up something else.
I am a survivor. Against all odds I have not been stung to death by killer bees from Africa that scientists claimed were unstoppable and were supposed to have already taken over the southern states.
