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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (19125)	7/25/2001 8:05:43 AM
From: thames_sider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

a sense of gravity should be expected in making decisions in this area. I take it as seriously as the need for any other research. Of course, there's always this: "Spare me your rationalizations. All I know is, stem-cell research kills a quasi-living four-day-old blob." theonion.com (Can't link directly - click 'The Stem-Cell Debate' at upper left). Ahem. I just can't see it as a very major ethical issue. These are cells taken from humans, merged and treated by artificial techniques, in vitrio, which will never become human. The 'potential' they have - that if suitably treated and implanted, they would probably develop into a foetus, thence into a baby - was not there 30 years ago: and in (say) 30 years time, may be no different from the potential of any other cells from any other part of the body to result in a human if treated in the appropriate way (currently we'd call this cloning...). For me, it just isn't even an issue. 30 years from now I doubt it will be one for the vast majority of people.