Comments on: Embyro bill opens up new field of debate http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/03/22/embyro-bill-opens-up-new-field-of-debate/ Daily views on British politics and the Conservative Party from a centre-right thinker who writes letters on his blog to politicians, journalists and many others. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:38:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Candid http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/03/22/embyro-bill-opens-up-new-field-of-debate/#comment-1795 Candid Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:33:41 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=462#comment-1795 Human/non-human animal hybrids have been around for centuries...... in fairy tales and fiction novels and this is where they belong. Western scientists have found research by the Japanese trying to combine cow and whale DNA. this is the research that justified their slaughter of whales (including the endangered species). I dislike aggreeing with clerics but even as a biologist I have to agree that this science will not lead to any great discoveries that will help humans or non-human animals. I'm glad that the British government has finally allowed researchers to use embryo DNA for stem cell research as this field could open up a world of possibilities and help thousands, if not millions of people world wide. Scientific reaserch does have ethical and moral responsibilities and sometimes these lines can be blurred if the benefits of the research outweigh the costs. But each needs to be fully considered on a case by case basis.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1795','Candid'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1795','Candid','Human\/non-human animal hybrids have been around for centuries...... in fairy tales and fiction novels and this is where they belong. Western scientists have found research by the Japanese trying to combine cow and whale DNA. this is the research that justified their slaughter of whales (including the endangered species). I dislike aggreeing with clerics but even as a biologist I have to agree that this science will not lead to any great discoveries that will help humans or non-human animals.\n\nI\'m glad that the British government has finally allowed researchers to use embryo DNA for stem cell research as this field could open up a world of possibilities and help thousands, if not millions of people world wide.\n\nScientific reaserch does have ethical and moral responsibilities and sometimes these lines can be blurred if the benefits of the research outweigh the costs. But each needs to be fully considered on a case by case basis.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> Human/non-human animal hybrids have been around for centuries…… in fairy tales and fiction novels and this is where they belong. Western scientists have found research by the Japanese trying to combine cow and whale DNA. this is the research that justified their slaughter of whales (including the endangered species). I dislike aggreeing with clerics but even as a biologist I have to agree that this science will not lead to any great discoveries that will help humans or non-human animals.

I’m glad that the British government has finally allowed researchers to use embryo DNA for stem cell research as this field could open up a world of possibilities and help thousands, if not millions of people world wide.

Scientific reaserch does have ethical and moral responsibilities and sometimes these lines can be blurred if the benefits of the research outweigh the costs. But each needs to be fully considered on a case by case basis.

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]]> By: Letters From A Tory http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/03/22/embyro-bill-opens-up-new-field-of-debate/#comment-1794 Letters From A Tory Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:16:51 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=462#comment-1794 Quite possibly. I wonder how many MPs read through this bill in its entirety, or bothered to read the real content of the Lisbon Treaty? Maybe they just got their researchers to give it a quick skim!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1794','Letters From A Tory'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1794','Letters From A Tory','Quite possibly. I wonder how many MPs read through this bill in its entirety, or bothered to read the real content of the Lisbon Treaty? Maybe they just got their researchers to give it a quick skim!'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> Quite possibly. I wonder how many MPs read through this bill in its entirety, or bothered to read the real content of the Lisbon Treaty? Maybe they just got their researchers to give it a quick skim!
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]]> By: beachhutman http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/03/22/embyro-bill-opens-up-new-field-of-debate/#comment-1793 beachhutman Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:24:35 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=462#comment-1793 I was unamazed to hear a minister saying that his colleagues would support the bill if they understood it. This is the line they use on the electorate, we would vote for them if we weren't so stupid. On this occasion it also seems to suggest that normally they vote for bills they are told to vote for but don't understand Like the EU treaty?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1793','beachhutman'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1793','beachhutman','I was unamazed to hear a minister saying that his colleagues would support the bill if they understood it. This is the line they use on the electorate, we would vote for them if we weren\'t so stupid. On this occasion it also seems to suggest that normally they vote for bills they are told to vote for but don\'t understand\n\nLike the EU treaty?'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> I was unamazed to hear a minister saying that his colleagues would support the bill if they understood it. This is the line they use on the electorate, we would vote for them if we weren’t so stupid. On this occasion it also seems to suggest that normally they vote for bills they are told to vote for but don’t understand

Like the EU treaty?

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