President Bush decreed that federal funding cannot go to any stem-cell research using fetal tissues. No problem right ? after all roughly half of the population thinks that this is immoral and their taxes should not be used for for purposes that they disagree with so strongly.
One problem; despite the fact that roughly half of the population does not share this belief their taxes will go to fund these programs anyway. So thats political warfare, he who has the power makes the rules and all that.
OK, but then why is Clark wrong for doing the same thing ? This is his money. Who the hell are
we to tell him he's wrong for doing the same thing that is being done to him and others ?
Why we're the Self-Righteous Pseudo-Libertarians of Slashdot of course !
Seriously, the really infuriating thing about this is not the trite conservative/morality vs. liberal/freedom pissing contest. Its the fact that the conservatives have apparently managed to fool themselves into believing that they've won some sort of moral victory because they stuck it to the liberals. In reality all they did was serve the interests of the corporations by distracting the public from the fact that public funds are being siphoned into private interests.
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President Bush decreed that federal funding cannot go to any stem-cell research using fetal tissues. No problem right ? after all roughly half of the population thinks that this is immoral and their taxes should not be used for for purposes that they disagree with so strongly.
One problem; despite the fact that roughly half of the population does not share this belief their taxes will go to fund these programs anyway. So thats political warfare, he who has the power makes the rules and all that.
OK, but then why is Clark wrong for doing the same thing ? This is his money. Who the hell are
we to tell him he's wrong for doing the same thing that is being done to him and others ?
Why we're the Self-Righteous Pseudo-Libertarians of Slashdot of course !
Seriously, the really infuriating thing about this is not the trite conservative/morality vs. liberal/freedom pissing contest. Its the fact that the conservatives have apparently managed to fool themselves into believing that they've won some sort of moral victory because they stuck it to the liberals. In reality all they did was serve the interests of the corporations by distracting the public from the fact that public funds are being siphoned into private interests.