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To: Spheres who wrote (76771)	10/12/2004 8:23:37 AM
From: abstract	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793838

One can conclude several things: you wrote: What conclusion can be drawn from GW’s intentional slaughter of soldiers at WAR, while on the home front he argues that an embryo is LIFE? 1. perhaps being consistent is not any more important to him than it is to me. 2. perhaps there exists a "personal test for the burden of proof" that he feels has been satisfied. Those who wish to rain death upon America are bad. And those who exist through the grace of the misfortune of others should not be terminated for another's wrong-doing. Don't overlook the Texas death penalty and Bush's execution of those orders while governor - that counts too. And though I don't necessarily agree with President's stance on these life-critical issues, I see no inconsistency. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. Ralph Waldo Emerson

To: Spheres who wrote (76771)	10/12/2004 9:02:52 AM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793838

It is increasingly difficult to reconcile President Bush's stance that an Embryonic Stem Cell is life. He is completely willing to send an adult to death (by duty or sentence), but a zygote (a cellular human), or a declared human (a yet to be born fetus), is morally protected. What a guy!!! You're confused. The President has never taken the stance that an embryonic stem cell is life. His position is that to get new lines of stem cells, you need to harvest them from new, genetically unique embryos. It's the embryos that represent life. It is not an apt comparison to sending adults (from a 100% volunteer military, mind you) to fight and possibly to die in Iraq. Do you believe anything is worth fighting, and dying for?

To: Spheres who wrote (76771)	10/12/2004 11:31:21 AM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 793838

>>He is completely willing to send an adult to death (by duty or sentence), but a zygote (a cellular human), or a declared human (a yet to be born fetus), is morally protected. What a guy!!! I vote you off the island. You can't tell the difference between the death penalty for heinous crimes, soldiers volunteering to go to war, and murdering innocent unborn children. They're all death. It's kind of like saying there's no difference between consensual sex and rape. They're both sex, right? No wonder so many people who favor abortion also favor euthanasia. Kill one, kill them all, what's the diff?