| Pooey wrote, "hmm, you know when you're having sex with your partner? Let's say you use a condom...will you throw away that sperm or do you keep it safe and protected till whenever? I mean, it's just one step away from fusing with an egg and becoming a zygote..." Sperm are sub-units of organs called testes. The zygote is an organism, which is far more than a sub-unit. I'm sorry you have trouble with that differentiation, but your sarcasm doesn't cover the ignorance.
Pooey wrote, "Honestly, I ask you again, if you were suffering from Parkinsons/Alcheizmers and the cure lies with researching using stem cells...would you still deny their use? I'm sure you'd say yes now, well if you want to die horribly thats your choice but don't try to stop other ppl from getting their cure. Perhaps one day you'd see past your own selfishness and work for the better of mankind." If the stem cells were taken from my body, manipulated to produce the dopamone producing cells needed for my brain, then re-insert into my brain, I'd be happy as a clam to participate. If, on the other hand, the stem cells had to be plundered from another living individual human life (cannibalized), no, I would just as soon forego the experience. You have yet to comprehend the notion of cannibalizing because you've arbitrarily chosen to view the embryonic age of the human individual lifetime as a part of an individual's life. Like I said, it's easy to cannibalize what you first dehumanize. {Incidentally, why do you suppose the genetic tests done to embryos are very precise data recovery to tell physicians what diseases will occur to that individual human life later along the continuum of that individual's lifetime? I know, it's hard to parse that one ... but I'm sure you'll try some dissemblement to tide you over in your dehumanization quest.} |