On 15 Aug 2004 at 15:41, Rayilyn Brown wrote: > Do we have to do the Copernicus-Galileo thing all > over again so we can return to the past? The Copernicus/Galileo issue did not deal with human life issues. But there is not much sense in trying to convince certain people that once you allow people to kill other people, you damage others. Remember "No man is an island" and "for whom the bell tolls". War and capital punishment have been mentioned here multiple times. Without debating those issues, I will merely observe that adding yet another way to kill people (especially those who are totally innocent) is not a credit to our species. Best, Bob ********************************************** Robert A. Fink, M. D., F.A.C.S., P. C. 2500 Milvia Street Suite 222 Berkeley, California 94704-2636 Telephone: 510-849-2555 FAX: 510-849-2557 WWW: http://www.rafink.com/ mailto:[log in to unmask] "Ex Tristitia Virtus" ********************************************* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn