Posted by
EFuller on Friday, October 27, 2006 8:14:16 PM
Star Trek's connection to embryonic stem cell research.
As a kid, my brother and I "recreated" the starship
Enterprise in our bedroom with electric blanket controls, tools and toys. We played
Star Trek -- using our wallets as communicators.
As an adult, I take a more serious view of my wallet, since it now holds real money. So if someone asked me to put my money into promising research to produce a warp engine, I'd be very skeptical! A warp engine may be
theoretically promising, but from the
practical standpoint of achievability -- it isn't.
I'm convinced that most people who want to vote for stem cell initiatives like Missouri's Amendment 2 think they are voting for cures. They believe claims that the research promises amazing therapies and treatments.
They need to take a closer look.
All ethics aside, embryonic stem cell research is only theoretically promising, like warp engines. However, from the practical standpoint it hasn't even delivered a paper airplane. The adult stem cell and umbilical cord blood research is
delivering the cures.
So, vote no and keep the grasping hands of government out of your wallet.