 |
 |
You're right Stan, as long as it pertains to PD we should be able to talk about it, but talking here doesn't solve the situation it only upsets us, you want to fight for PD & PWP or with the President than write, call, send e-mails to him, to Congress, those are the people who will finally get us the cure we need, not the people on the PIEN list, yes give us the Bills that are being voted on so we can call & write about what we want, what we think, but then let it go, this political discussion has been going on long enough, let's get back to what this list is really about - helping PWP & their cg cope with questions, ideas, answers, thoughts & feelings of love & support. We are here for each other & by continuing this political discussion, running it into the ground doesn't solve anything as the President & the Congress aren't on this list so all your complaining is to no avail. Don't write us about these thoughts & feelings (once we've been given the bills coming before Congress that affect us), write all your feelings to those in the Government who can change them if they understood your feelings. Guess I'll be kicked off this list now too! Thanks John & Barbara for trying to stop all this! Nancy > I agree with Linda Herman's position that, as long as the "political" > discussion relates to PD, it should not be considered out of bounds. Who can > deny -- or fail to see -- that the eventual success of therapeutic cloning > will depend to a great extent on gov't. support --funding, resistance to > legislation against t. cloning, and acknowledgment of the distinction between > t. cloning and reproductive cloning. > > Pres. Bush's position that "ALL human cloning" must be banned does not > discourage the interpretation that t. cloning is included in any ban. After > all, it does involve human cells. We should not just hope the pesident's > intent is to ban only r. cloning. We should prevail upon our congressional > reps to themselves understand the distinction, and then to make certain any > legislation takes such distinction into account. > > It should be clear that the cloning issue is, among other things, very much a > political matter. And it is one which has relevance in the List. Let's > just be sure the tone of our correspondence is civil. > > Stan Boswell > Coordinator > Parkinson's Support Group > Santa Maria, CA > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn