“Here in Michigan, we're looking at Prop 2, which deals with allowing stem-cell research stuff. The people against it started with a commercial saying it would raise Michiganders' taxes, which was bullshit. The amazing part is that some of the other commercials by the naysayers are very clearly playing on idiots' fears. One says that if we allow this research, that corporations will start cloning humans for profit (the names of the corps are really funny). The other says that if we allow free, unfettered research, those scientists will start mixing human DNA with, say, cow DNA to create hybrids. Like Dr. Moreau. It feels like I'm living in Kansas.”Ipecac here. Stem-cell research may lead to dramatic cures for all kinds of human miseries, changing medicine as we know it. This has the potential of almost nothing we've ever studied. To retard scientific research that could relieve human suffering because some nitwits believe clumps of human cells have a soul is just criminal.
But I will admit I am biased towards stem-cell research. I can't wait to get my human/cow superpowers.
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I think that it is also worth noting that until the last month or so, NONE of the "Vote No on Prop 2" ads actually explained what a person would be voting against. They simply played on fears (like higher taxes) and told people to vote no on Prop 2. Only after ads started popping up FOR Prop 2 did the "No on Prop 2" ads start mentioning what the issue actually was. Although since they are talking about cloning humans and making hybrid sci-fi creatures, they still really aren't talking about the issue, are they?
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