Unfortunately medical resources for "saving the children" are only "finite" because money is being spent elsewhere period. Not researching stem cells does not save children, in fact it probably means many more will die due to diseases curable by stem cells.
This is also of course a silly argument in that not having a plastic surgeon does not necessarily mean you will have a surgeon that will "save the children." That's like saying, "Well, if this guy didn't work as a janitor, he'd be a rocket scientist" (nothing against janitors of course).
Of course this rhetoric works for everything. "How can you sit on your computer that you bought with money when you could have spent that money to SAVE TEH DYING CHILDRENZ!" or "How can you live in a comfortable house while there are CHILDREN WITH NO ROOF OVER THEIR HEADZ!" or "How can you work at a job and receive (at least minimum wage) while there ARE CHILDREN IN TEH SWEATSHOPZ, MAKIN' UR CLOTHEZ!!" And so on and so on...
The discovery of nuclear power and the ability to harness it has reaped multitudes of benefits for society. The atomic bomb was designed for two purposes, killing living breathing human beings and, even if not by design, psychological terror. Comparing the atomic bomb to stem cell research is more than slightly disingenuous at best. Stem cell researchers are purportedly doing this to advance the knowledge of how Homo sapiens work and more importantly how to fix things when they go wrong. Although the 'pro-lifers' side is, I'm sure, with best intentions there is a long history of knowledge being censored in the name of 'morality,' usually to the detriment to humanity as a whole. If embryonic stem cells turn out to be just as amazing as they are touted to be humanity may eventually reach a new 'Golden Age.' Where disease is something people only learn about in classroom textbooks in modernized society, something I wouldn't mind 'killing' a microscopic group of cells for. Of course this may be an optimistic dream but we as humanity will never know until we try.
I imagine you feel the same way about football, hockey, soccer, basketball, shooters, role playing, and hentai games, right? I mean, why play these games when you could be out there really playing football, hockey, soccer, basketball, shooting people, dressing like mario, or raping people with your tentacles.
It is only a moral grey area for people who have no idea what embryonic stem cells actually are. If 'pro-lifers' aren't up in arms about fertility clinics it is simply ignorant for them to be up in arms about stem cell research. And although adult stem cell research has advanced, adult stem cells are not embryonic stem cells. That's like saying, "Well they've put probes on Mars, why bother putting probes on other planets?" Science wants to know things while bureaucrats and religious fanatics want to stay ignorant.
I think you mean Ragnaros as Onyxia is in her lair in Dustwallow Marsh, not the Molten Core./Pedantic
What they didn't know about this study though is how it makes them extremely violent. I met one of the participants and we talked for a while. We were walking down Polar Bear Lane and he started smashing all the snow men on top of peoples igloos (I'm Canadian). He said it was because of Snow World.
You mean Amarantin? They already have (had) spaceflight capabilities. Unfortunately for them they activated the Wolf Device near the neutron star close to their homeworld and got their civilization destroyed...
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This does not happen on the bomb squad. I am a former ex-bomb squad member from Bella Coola, British Columbia, and we take our positions very seriously. When we train, we train hard. We do not play, until after we are done training, and then we play hard. I remember one dark cool night along the streets of Bella Coola's downtown, when five of us bomb squad members were just leaving a local pub. We had enjoyed many a drink of real Canadian beer (made with real Canadian water and barley). That is when we heard tell-tale ticking of a C4 explosive timer. We got into position with the greatest of ease, and set up barricades preventing debris from injuring innocent civilians. When it came time to disable the device, we nodded at each other knowing that this may be our last night in the existence of this universe. But between you and me, something amazing happened. And now I can talk to animals, its totally cool, but totally secret. And you know what, life has never been the same.
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This is also of course a silly argument in that not having a plastic surgeon does not necessarily mean you will have a surgeon that will "save the children." That's like saying, "Well, if this guy didn't work as a janitor, he'd be a rocket scientist" (nothing against janitors of course).
Of course this rhetoric works for everything. "How can you sit on your computer that you bought with money when you could have spent that money to SAVE TEH DYING CHILDRENZ!" or "How can you live in a comfortable house while there are CHILDREN WITH NO ROOF OVER THEIR HEADZ!" or "How can you work at a job and receive (at least minimum wage) while there ARE CHILDREN IN TEH SWEATSHOPZ, MAKIN' UR CLOTHEZ!!" And so on and so on...
The discovery of nuclear power and the ability to harness it has reaped multitudes of benefits for society. The atomic bomb was designed for two purposes, killing living breathing human beings and, even if not by design, psychological terror. Comparing the atomic bomb to stem cell research is more than slightly disingenuous at best. Stem cell researchers are purportedly doing this to advance the knowledge of how Homo sapiens work and more importantly how to fix things when they go wrong. Although the 'pro-lifers' side is, I'm sure, with best intentions there is a long history of knowledge being censored in the name of 'morality,' usually to the detriment to humanity as a whole. If embryonic stem cells turn out to be just as amazing as they are touted to be humanity may eventually reach a new 'Golden Age.' Where disease is something people only learn about in classroom textbooks in modernized society, something I wouldn't mind 'killing' a microscopic group of cells for. Of course this may be an optimistic dream but we as humanity will never know until we try.
I imagine you feel the same way about football, hockey, soccer, basketball, shooters, role playing, and hentai games, right? I mean, why play these games when you could be out there really playing football, hockey, soccer, basketball, shooting people, dressing like mario, or raping people with your tentacles.
It is only a moral grey area for people who have no idea what embryonic stem cells actually are. If 'pro-lifers' aren't up in arms about fertility clinics it is simply ignorant for them to be up in arms about stem cell research. And although adult stem cell research has advanced, adult stem cells are not embryonic stem cells. That's like saying, "Well they've put probes on Mars, why bother putting probes on other planets?" Science wants to know things while bureaucrats and religious fanatics want to stay ignorant.
At the store I work at ALL monetary losses due to product damage/theft is called shrinkage. (Superstore (Loblaws), Canada)
If you RTFA (WTF? I know) it says they really think it is going to be $299.
They just need to go back in time with their Time Machine and set Jobs back to his uncorrupted state.
This just in, when you're poorer you make due with what is cheap.
They go to the little /dev/null in the sky.
That's not "the end of forgetting" - that sounds like a more annoying version of clippy.
You mean a wife? Yeah.
I see you're trying to watch Star Trek, would you like to:
- Tell me my ass does not look fat in these pants
- Take out the garbage
- Do the dishes
So in reality, you will never have a whole planet with one point of view, or even with 100% compatible views.
Any human planet, anyway.
I think you mean Ragnaros as Onyxia is in her lair in Dustwallow Marsh, not the Molten Core. /Pedantic
What they didn't know about this study though is how it makes them extremely violent. I met one of the participants and we talked for a while. We were walking down Polar Bear Lane and he started smashing all the snow men on top of peoples igloos (I'm Canadian). He said it was because of Snow World.
That's why we have ablative shielding! Nothing like a couple dozen metres of ice to soak up some of that kinetic energy.
2009 is the Year of Linux on the Desktop!
Sooner than you might think. But beware of kernel panics...
Says the haired guy. Down with haired people! Rise my brethren and let our bald heads shine under the sun...
Probably not, but I'm sure they will get tired of receiving over nine thousand penis designs though.
They should be happy they weren't charged for child pornography because of the dancing child. Somebody didn't think of the children?
I think it is going to be a Brave New World.
You mean Amarantin? They already have (had) spaceflight capabilities. Unfortunately for them they activated the Wolf Device near the neutron star close to their homeworld and got their civilization destroyed...
About time, George Clooney is thinking of using an EMP device to rob a bank...
You're forgetting the Apple Tax?
This does not happen on the bomb squad. I am a former ex-bomb squad member from Bella Coola, British Columbia, and we take our positions very seriously. When we train, we train hard. We do not play, until after we are done training, and then we play hard. I remember one dark cool night along the streets of Bella Coola's downtown, when five of us bomb squad members were just leaving a local pub. We had enjoyed many a drink of real Canadian beer (made with real Canadian water and barley). That is when we heard tell-tale ticking of a C4 explosive timer. We got into position with the greatest of ease, and set up barricades preventing debris from injuring innocent civilians. When it came time to disable the device, we nodded at each other knowing that this may be our last night in the existence of this universe. But between you and me, something amazing happened. And now I can talk to animals, its totally cool, but totally secret. And you know what, life has never been the same.
Where the dirt road has been traveled numerously... ?