So is embryonic stem cell research cruel and unnecessary?
It doesn't matter. The scientist gets paid, possibly fame, possibly the adoration of his peers... I think ethics takes a back seat here. And everywhere else!
Scientists are at least as amoral as the people/corporations/governments that fund them. None of this should be a surprise to anyone. If vivesection or giving subjects disease or electric shocks or whatever might be dreamed up is called for, the scientist will dutifully do it in the name of learning. Or money. Whichever.
I know you're out there.
I can feel you.
I know that you're afraid.
You're afraid of us.
You're afraid of change.
I don't know the future.
I didn't come here to tell you how this is going to end -
I came here to tell you how it's going to begin.
I'm going to hang up this phone, and then I'm going to show these people
what you don't want them to see.
I'm going to show them a world- without you.
A world without rules and controls, without borders or boundaries.
A world where anything is possible.
Where we go from there is a choice I leave to you.
If I were Vietnamese, I'd probably have tortured Americans back then too!
Now replace 'Vietnamese'and 'Americans' with any other identifiers, and you will begin to understand. Congratulations, you are just like all the other evil people in the world.
You know, the common thing with all American wars is they're never fought on American soil. Just think about that one for a moment.
The war on drugs has not produced the more potent drugs, its the addict/habitual user's need for greater dosages as the body acclimates itself to the current dosage levels. There's only so much time in the day to smoke.
That's your fuck up right there. You mix faith and science in the same context. No wonder you don't get it.
They belong together. You 'know' things as fact because you believe implicitly what a scientist tells you, since he(she) is a scientist, what he says is true. You will believe it until the day they say something different is true, which you will then believe something different implicitly. You will do this without any loss of faith in said fallible human for leading you to believe what turned out to be false.
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FDR was never in the military, and therefore could not have been a war hero.
Boson buddies?
Extra points for the "Beneath the Planet of the Apes" reference.
And for that matter, died of punctuation.
I believe Jesus had at least 12 apostrophes.
NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOU.
YOU ARE NOT IMPORTANT.
You think the Feds are interested where your sorry ass goes, what you do? No!
This is mearly an expression of ego.
Congratulations rockers, you've been rebelled against.
this whole story remind me of my favorite line from ATHF - "Welcome to this horse's anus!"
It doesn't matter. The scientist gets paid, possibly fame, possibly the adoration of his peers... I think ethics takes a back seat here. And everywhere else!
Scientists are at least as amoral as the people/corporations/governments that fund them. None of this should be a surprise to anyone. If vivesection or giving subjects disease or electric shocks or whatever might be dreamed up is called for, the scientist will dutifully do it in the name of learning. Or money. Whichever.
How many courics does Al weigh now?
If he offered $5 million instead it would be nice, we could refer to it as the 'Dave Clark 5'.
Not THAT bad... kinda.
I know you're out there.
I can feel you.
I know that you're afraid.
You're afraid of us.
You're afraid of change.
I don't know the future.
I didn't come here to tell you how this is going to end -
I came here to tell you how it's going to begin.
I'm going to hang up this phone, and then I'm going to show these people
what you don't want them to see.
I'm going to show them a world- without you.
A world without rules and controls, without borders or boundaries.
A world where anything is possible.
Where we go from there is a choice I leave to you.
And Studds, and Clinton, and Kennedy, and Kennedy, and Kennedy Smith, and...
Now replace 'Vietnamese'and 'Americans' with any other identifiers, and you will begin to understand. Congratulations, you are just like all the other evil people in the world.
Except, of course, the ones that weren't.
... when I saw 'Hemo the Magnificent' in school. Frank Baxter was a righteous dude.
The war on drugs has not produced the more potent drugs, its the addict/habitual user's need for greater dosages as the body acclimates itself to the current dosage levels. There's only so much time in the day to smoke.
'Fuck Christianity' will be just as quickly rewarded.
We can't allow too much tolerance!
someone may remake the vaunted 'Spock's Brain' episode into a feature-length film! THERE'S A PLOT!
You mean not a true republic?
They belong together. You 'know' things as fact because you believe implicitly what a scientist tells you, since he(she) is a scientist, what he says is true. You will believe it until the day they say something different is true, which you will then believe something different implicitly. You will do this without any loss of faith in said fallible human for leading you to believe what turned out to be false.
It depends where the money is. Science isn't a hobby to a professional scientist, it's employment.