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Old October 12th, 2004, 01:58 AM
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Default Re: OT: Superman and Stemcells

I wouldn't be surprised to find a pretty high correlation between Dominions players and stem-cell research supporters... Really the only objection that anyone has, I think, is "you're killing babies to do research". Since (as Kerry stated in the Last debate) we could get a ton of useful cells from embryos that are frozen and would otherwise remain frozen until being discarded, that objection doesn't really hold water. And the consensus on this board seems to be that things that hold water are good, at least for casting quickness and breath of winter and forging the odd clam or pair of boots.
There are of course a lot of good arguments that it's possible to obtain embryonic stem cells in other ways without killing babies, but as far as I know those more contentious arguments aren't even necessary.