Arrgh.
President Bush, Friday:
Unless, as the cogent Digby points out, it's innocent Iraqi and Afghan life. As he puts it,
But what bothers me the most is sanctimonious posturing which implies that it is more important for microscopic cells already on their way to the trash to actually make it to the trash, instead of contributing to a cure for me and millions of others. Is it so much more moral to destroy life NOT in order to save life?
And that's before we even get to the 'principle' that suggests those microscopic cells are more worthy of protection than the actually born-and-grown humans being tortured and killed in our military prisons, or the thousands of innocent children killed in a war based on false pretenses.
Pardon my bluntness, but "Culture of Life", my ass. I acknowledge that these are complicated questions, and that it is possible to have a reasonable position other than mine. But Bush's isn't one of them.
Today, while the news reports that 13 more American soldiers have died since Sunday, he has the gall to say "every human life is a precious gift of matchless value," as he reiterates his threat of a veto. The man knows no shame. None.
"I've made it very clear to the Congress that the use of federal money, taxpayers' money, to promote science which destroys life in order to save life -- I'm against that. And therefore if the bill does that, I will veto it."Spending taxpayer money on things that involve destroying life in order to save life would just violate his principles.
Unless, as the cogent Digby points out, it's innocent Iraqi and Afghan life. As he puts it,
It looks to me as if the best way to convince Bush and his followers to support stem cell research is to propose that we only use arab embryos.I admit to a strong personal bias on this issue. I suffer from a damaged heart muscle, for which there is currently no fix. Some research has suggested that stem cells might be able to provide a way of growing new heart muscle tissue, and cure me, or people far worse than me, whose only hope is a heart transplant. And I find it ridiculous that the United States, once the world leader not only in Democracy, but Science, Medicine, Research, Innovation, and Industry, is being surpassed by a tiny country that wouldn't even exist if we hadn't created it after WWII.
But what bothers me the most is sanctimonious posturing which implies that it is more important for microscopic cells already on their way to the trash to actually make it to the trash, instead of contributing to a cure for me and millions of others. Is it so much more moral to destroy life NOT in order to save life?
And that's before we even get to the 'principle' that suggests those microscopic cells are more worthy of protection than the actually born-and-grown humans being tortured and killed in our military prisons, or the thousands of innocent children killed in a war based on false pretenses.
Pardon my bluntness, but "Culture of Life", my ass. I acknowledge that these are complicated questions, and that it is possible to have a reasonable position other than mine. But Bush's isn't one of them.
Today, while the news reports that 13 more American soldiers have died since Sunday, he has the gall to say "every human life is a precious gift of matchless value," as he reiterates his threat of a veto. The man knows no shame. None.
posted by Paul at 12:01 PM |
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