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[The Grandmaster]

perdidochas wrote:
I'm a Republican and I have seen my grandfather die of Alzheimer's and my grandmother die of Parkinson's. I still oppose embryonic stem cell research.

Why?

perdidochas wrote:
Unethical research produces unethical cures.

What's unethical about it?

perdidochas wrote: After WWII, we rejected even looking at the unethical research that the Nazi experimenters did, despite the fact that they did find solutions to rescuing hypothermia victims. This is no different.

Then that is a waste. What they did was wrong yes. No one will argue that. But if they could have gotten the cure, they should have. Ignoring such knowledge isn't going to make anything "better." IMO, knowledge cannot be morally "right or wrong" It can't be a moral wrong to "know" something.

[wyldejackyl]

But it can be morally wrong on how you get there. I'm not opposed to any research that doesn't sacrifice human life for better gain...but I think it's important to look everywhere to get information.

I don't think either political party is out for anyone's gain but their own (getting back to the topic I guess).