tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13470103.post112181230560834185..comments2009-07-13T05:54:03.769-04:00Archibaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03571982281677594276noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13470103.post-1121875209378638982005-07-20T12:00:00.000-04:002005-07-20T12:00:00.000-04:00This is a good point, Brian. A ban on federall-funded stem cell research could be a stepping-stone to privately funded stem cell research. Only time will tell. Of course, it looks like Congress will repeal part of the ban on federally funded stem cell research.Cicerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09021600563994065236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13470103.post-1121874564402385252005-07-20T11:49:00.000-04:002005-07-20T11:49:00.000-04:00It _could_ also be a step towards banning a particular line of research outright. <BR/><BR/>Seriously...which do you see a GOP-led government getting behind: banning all stem cell research, or disbanding the NIH?Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06799024060528185282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13470103.post-1121855588158206312005-07-20T06:33:00.000-04:002005-07-20T06:33:00.000-04:00But it still _could_ be a step in the right direction. If researchers can re-learn the fact that "research" is not synonymous with "federal funding for research", we could be well on our way to a less state-centered science climate.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12883160314283610943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13470103.post-1121826615786906932005-07-19T22:30:00.000-04:002005-07-19T22:30:00.000-04:00<I>What they don’t have a right to do is take money from the many Americans who (rightly or wrongly) find stem cell research repulsive and/or immoral and use it for such research.</I><BR/><BR/>While I agree with that in principle, the fact remains that this adminsitration (and every other one that has gone before it) only has regard for the moral objections of some taxpayers to certain federal endevours when it suits them to do so. There's no shortage of taxpayers that had moral objections to the war in Iraq, for one example. Or the war on drugs, for another. <BR/><BR/>Don't kid yourself...this is hardly based on some libertarian notion of "not forcing personal choices on others".Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06799024060528185282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13470103.post-1121822339456380902005-07-19T21:18:00.000-04:002005-07-19T21:18:00.000-04:00It doesn't matter, which is why the American Taliban / Anti-Stem Cell research people are crazy. Crazy or not, I still believe they have a right not to have their money used for stem cell research.Cicerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09021600563994065236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13470103.post-1121814749432263702005-07-19T19:12:00.000-04:002005-07-19T19:12:00.000-04:00The point is, at the stage when the embryo is still a ball of cells, why does it matter that it's human or giraffe-ian?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com