As defined by Mahatma Gandhi:
In India when people meet and part they often say, Namaste' which means: "I honor the place within you where the entire Universe resides; I honor the place within you of love, of light, of truth, of peace; I honor the place within you, where, when you are in that place in you, and I am in that place in me, there is only one of us."
i'm so pissed he's going to veto stem cell research. what a buffoon. Maybe his mommy will have to have MS or something before he realizes the importance of this research.
What I don't get is this: The rationale for opposing stem cell research that the right always gives is that it is 'immoral' to kill embryos so they can be studied scientifically.
But if they really believe that, then why don't they pass a bill mandating that the laboratories and storage facilities that are holding the embryos can't throw them in the incinerator or the garbage can when people don't want them anymore? Make them pay to keep them in their carefully controlled environment for perpetuity. After all, isn't it just as 'immoral' to throw the embryo in the trash and let it die of starvation and exposure?
Oh, but that would interfere with the profitability of the labs. And conservatives are all "pro-life," except when it comes to passing a regulation on private industry that might reduce their profits, then 'pro-life' gets chucked into the round file (with the embryos).
phoenix & eli~ {regarding the stem cell veto, mike v. has a good post about that at his place which i commented on...
..."it's morally wrong, i tell ya, messin' with human lives but sendin' them boys to fight and die in EYE-RACK, well, that's different!! and i proved it cuz, you know we're safer now that saddam is gone!"
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Karen,
That was me that commented not Brian. Now, that's scary. There corrected.
300 dead in Lebanon. When will it stop?
ftgf~ shhhhhhhhhhhhh! it's a secret!!
croak~ unfortunately, yes. :(
brian/jolynn~ double scary backacha! *giggle*
fred~ :(
i'm so pissed he's going to veto stem cell research. what a buffoon. Maybe his mommy will have to have MS or something before he realizes the importance of this research.
we can well see the future is in "safe hands"!
what will we do for laughs in 2009? If we survive, that is.
phoenix:
What I don't get is this: The rationale for opposing stem cell research that the right always gives is that it is 'immoral' to kill embryos so they can be studied scientifically.
But if they really believe that, then why don't they pass a bill mandating that the laboratories and storage facilities that are holding the embryos can't throw them in the incinerator or the garbage can when people don't want them anymore? Make them pay to keep them in their carefully controlled environment for perpetuity. After all, isn't it just as 'immoral' to throw the embryo in the trash and let it die of starvation and exposure?
Oh, but that would interfere with the profitability of the labs. And conservatives are all "pro-life," except when it comes to passing a regulation on private industry that might reduce their profits, then 'pro-life' gets chucked into the round file (with the embryos).
ya know... that's just wrong. and scary. and, what's worse, probably not far from the truth in more than one household! aieeee! xoxo
phoenix & eli~ {regarding the stem cell veto, mike v. has a good post about that at his place which i commented on...
..."it's morally wrong, i tell ya, messin' with human lives but sendin' them boys to fight and die in EYE-RACK, well, that's different!! and i proved it cuz, you know we're safer now that saddam is gone!"
ekta~ {{shudder}}
sage~ "if we survive" is *key* here.
puppytoes~ sad, but true. :-(
ei, Right on. I was thinking the same thing.
What happens to the stem cells that are not placed in the womb?
Isn't that "murder" too?
I love this country. Any nut can be in charge.
This nut will pass on the opportunity.
I really meant to respond to eli's comment.
(I knew I should have previewed it more carefully.)
jack~ "I love this country. Any nut can be in charge"...
... and it seems we just continue gettin' more nuts and more nuts. when will john q america wake up and smell the coffee, er koolaid!?!
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