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Ooops, sorry -- I intended to put c/g but instead put c/t. You'll see it at the end of my post. Bev c/g On Sat, 12 Feb 2000 09:56:06 -0500 "Marjorie L. Moorefield" <[log in to unmask]> writes: > I don't care if you want to argue forever over this, what I do resent > is > never knowing if its the opinion of a PWP or a caregiver. > Could you *please* at the beginning of any post, say if you are a > Parkie? > If you are posting for a PWP who is no longer, or maybe has never > been > capable of typing, would you please say if this is the PWP opinion > or the > caregivers opinion???? > > Thank You very much, > Marjorie L. Moorefield > Very much a Parkie > 67/11 > > > > > > > At 09:23 AM 02/12/2000 -0500, you wrote: > >I SO agree that the name calling and hateful words need to be > stopped. > >But this is a disagreement that is not going to go away. While our > >common enemy is PD, there are those of us who are not willing to > >sacrifice one life for the well-being of another, even if it is > someone > >we love very much, or ourselves. That crosses a line some are not > >willing to cross. Again, I repeat myself -- if we can do this > research > >without using willfully aborted babies, I think it is wonderful!! > In our > >state of Nebraska right now, this is an ongoing debate because the > UNO > >Med Center is conducting research on fetal cell tissue. Our > Governor has > >taken a stand against the research even though his mother has PD > and he > >has personally experienced the ravages of the disease. Please, as > my > >husband is always saying, "LET'S JUST AGREE TO DISAGREE." And stop > the > >name calling. We do not need to personally attack any individual > or > >group on this list. > >Bev c/t > > > > > >On Sat, 12 Feb 2000 05:56:52 -0500 Stan or Joan Snyder > <[log in to unmask]> > >writes: > > > I cannot believe the tone that this argument has taken: name > calling > > > and > > > "let's withhold the cure from certain of or fellow sufferers" > > > because > > > they can't in their hearts approve of the method in which it was > > > discovered. I'd like to remind everyone who our common enemy is: > > > Parkinson's Disease--NOT EACH OTHER!!! If a cure were to come > based > > > on > > > research that had nothing to do with stem cells from aborted > > > fetuses, I > > > for one, would be so happy that I would want all of my brothers > & > > > sisters in arms to be healed. And for your information, my > symptoms > > > can > > > hardly get any worse than they already are!! I can only pray > that > > > research can be dicovered that does not build upon the already > > > horrendeous descision a woman makes at the time she she decides > to > > > go > > > thru with an abortion. > > > > > > -- > > > Joan E. Snyder 48/10 > > > [log in to unmask] > > > <http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/snyder/page1.htm> > > > "Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful." > > > Annette Funicello