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Bernie: The argument goes like this: blastocysts in petri dishes are equal to living people because they have souls. Destroying them for research is tantamount to murdering a person, baby or fetus. When a blastocyst twins, I guess the soul splits in two; when it fuses with another to become a chimera a soul is lost ....If I believed this I could understand why some people don't want anything to do with it. But I don't and am not bothered by ESCR at all. I guess most of us have living people as our top priorities. I think Bush and his followers have a strange morality that approximates Islamic Fundamentalism. On a blog someone stated sarcastically that a great way to demonstrate that killing was wrong was to lynch someone like Saddam Hussein. I am no fan of the Butcher of Baghdad, but I thought the execution was disgusting, especially Sean Hannity's celebratory antics. Maybe Bush feels good now. I would be interested to know how other people felt. I sense a shift in sentiment about capital punishment, but could be wrong. How would folks feel about the "death" of a blastocyst? Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bernard Barber Ph.D." <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 10:53 AM Subject: Re: Bush poised to veto SCR bill > Perhaps someone would let me know why a living person is less than a cell, > morally. Why it is morally right to kill people or let disease free to > harm > us? > > How similar is President Bush to Islamic Fundamentalism, or dissimilar? > > Bernie > > -----Original Message----- > From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of rayilynlee > Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 4:22 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Bush poised to veto SCR bill > > WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Majority Leader Bill Frist predicted on Friday the > U.S. Senate would pass legislation next week expanding federal stem cell > research, likely triggering a veto from President George W. Bush with > unpredictable political repercussions. > Bush has vowed to cast his first veto to block the research that many > believe could lead to new treatments for diseases including diabetes and > Parkinson's. The president says it is morally unacceptable to destroy an > embryo even for scientific research. > . > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn