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I agree with Greg on the point that there may be (or,certainly, needs to be) a place for discussing the morality of stem cell research etc. but it is not PARKINSN. Does anyone know a more suitable, focussed list or site? (On the following point I agree with Bob ...) All the best to all of you! Bart. > [Original Message] > From: Greg Louis <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Date: 9/6/2004 2:00:26 AM > Subject: Re: Leave science to the scientists > > On 20040904 (Sat) at 1529:32 -0400, Rayilyn Brown wrote: > > > Please, let's leave science to the scientists, who overwhelmingly support > > more research, and understand it. > > Second the motion -- strongly! But apart from that: > > On most of the lists to which I belong, there is a concept generally > referred to as "OT" -- off topic, irrelevant to the purpose of the > list. People are encouraged not to post off topic, or if there's a > good reason to do so, at least to keep the off-topic thread short. > > The interminable argument on this list about the morality of stem-cell > research (or the morality of ensuring that more people die for the want > thereof) has zilch to do with Parkinson's information exchange, IMHO. > Information about peer-reviewed science demonstrating a potential > application of stem cells against Parkinson's in humans is relevant. > Discussion of whether the research should be permitted is important, > surely, but belongs in political fora elsewhere. > > We have all been told: this list is for "the exchange of information > about Parkinson's. The list rapidly changed into the largest support > group I know. Besides its original purpose, the list has become 'a > means of feeling connected' to others... a way of feeling we're not > alone... of making the road of living with pd easier to bear." > > If I'm off base here and PARKINSN really is about "morality" (on which > no consensus is possible) as applied to the politics regulating > scientific research, does anyone have a pointer to a list that serves > the purposes described in the quotation above? > > -- > | G r e g L o u i s | gpg public key: 0x400B1AA86D9E3E64 | > | http://www.bgl.nu/~glouis | (on my website or any keyserver) | > | http://wecanstopspam.org in signatures helps fight junk email. | > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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