/Terry we're not talking about "fetal" cells either, Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Rack" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 8:44 PM Subject: Re: Introduce myself > >My name is Terry:. > > .... > >>While I think it is appropriate on this network to keep the >>user/readers informed of PD political matters and lobbying efforts >>on the issue of promoting more PD research funding (like the Michael >>J Fox Foundation does), I think it is inappropriate that so many >>posting have recently centred around whether excess fetal stem cells >>should be cloned... creative design vs. evolution... the ethics of >>buying blood or selling eggs and what a scientific theory is. I have >>strong views on those topics, but this is not the place to discuss >>them. > > Hi Terry, > I beg to differ with you on this, albeit mildly. I feel we are a > community here and as such we have a right and responsibility to > respectfully challenge each other and ourselves to confront the > issues which affect us. I'll admit that I got tired of the "evolution > of intelligent design" debate long before it subsided. After I'd > heard enough I stopped opening posts with that topic. That too is our > right. I wouldn't want to put anyone in a position where they felt > unwelcome to state their beliefs. > > Steve 51.2 > -- > Stephen Rack > Brattleboro, VT > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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