Michael J. Fox talks about campaign/Rush

saintlywife said
Funny how there was no outcry when Michael J. Fox ran ads supporting Arlen Spector.

The fact is that embryonic stem cell research offer possiblities that adult stem cells may not. Why shouldn't we fund this? Because, as Bill O'Rielly says: "There's no guarentee"? When is there ever a guarentee in scientific research? What if Queen Isabella had denied funding to Columbus because there was no "guarentee" that he would reach the New World? What if Jonas Salk had not researched his Polio vaccine because there was "no guarentee" of a cure? I suppose all the researchers working on cures for Cancer and AIDS should just stop because we can't "guarentee" they'll find a cure!

Basically, this comes down to whether or not you think the "life" of a series of cells in a petrie dish are more important than the actual lives of actual people.

I don't like Arlen Spector at all. So whats your point?

You say embryonic stem cells offer greater possibilites then adult stem cells? How? Theres never been a single study to show any such thing. There have been millions upon millions of dollars pumped into studies for along time and not one single person has come up with anything positive for them. Sometimes things don't work. You don't keep trying to start a car thats outa gas. We know adult stem cells work, so why not pump huge amounts of money into that trying to find cures? The only reason is because its not a viable political platform. Comparing Embryonic stem cells to finding cures for Aids makies no sense. Its apples and oranges. One is a single attempt to find a cure that has yielded nothing while Aids is a disease where they are trying 1000's of things to cure.

As for your latter statement. People with that view are just as biased and close minded as those who say those cells have life. So minimalizing that fact that those cells are alive and are what form humans doesn't make a valid arguement. A ton of people believe exactly what you said. They see those cells as actual people. That doesn't make them stupid. This is exactly why Embryonic stem cells are even talked about. Its a great platform for pro-choice people to continue to push there way of seeing things.

BTW...Who here is upset by Fox's actions in the ad? His condition has nothing to do with it. It was the fact that he was stating unfactual things. If someone is going to lie about something they aren't immune to criticism no matter what they suffere from. Trying to make things personal in this thread by saying anyone who didn't like the ad is against curing people or researching isn't fair or right.

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/8/7/201806.shtml

Read that. Its pretty telling about how close we are to cures with Adult Stem cells (especially the disease Fox suffers from) and the fact that adult stem cells and others are just as effective as embryonic stem cells, yet all we talk about funding and pushing are embryonic stem cells. Its obvious its all political and taking advantage of peoples emotions to push other unreleated political ideas and people foward.