Blog Post of the Day: The Anchoress on EMBRYONIC Stem Cell Research
She hits at the underhandedness of those who support embryonic stem cell research, and the WORM (Worn-Out Reactionary Media) reporters who assist them:
It never fails that when the press discusses things like President Bush vetoing this bill, they leave out the word EMBRYONIC.
They want the world to think that Bush is a “Christian who is afraid of science,†and so they always discreetly forget the EMBRYONIC part, leaving casual readers to think the president is against adult stem cell research, in general…which is not at all true.
It is an intellectual dishonesty the press is committed to.
…… To me, it speaks volumes that the proponants (sic) of ESC research, in the press and elsewhere, are so willing to mischaracterize moments like these. Seems to me if you cannot be upfront about the thing you want, if you need to dance around it, then there must be a reason why. Maybe it’s because you know the thing you want, you probably shouldn’t want.
And btw, President Bush says he was “honor bound,†to veto this bill. Good for him. “Honor†has become a remarkably rare commodity in politics. When I look at the world and the state of it, I believe this will be for us a blessing.
Stronger words than these can be found at Michael Fumento’s National Review column about Science Magazine’s disgraceful record in shilling for embryonic research while belittling real accomplishments with adult stem cells.
I have to admit this continues to confuse me. The left does keeping talking about a “ban,” of course, but where in the Constitution are the Feds required permitted to fund stem cell research? That’s the whole question.
The moral high dudgeon on both sides is a waste of time. You want to do stem cell research? Go for it. I don’t happen to want to pay for it. In return, if you make money from such research, I won’t ask for any of it.
Comment by Hershblogger — July 20, 2006 @ 8:20 pm
#1, I understand your perspective, but it falls flat with me because an embryo is a human life as worthy of protection as yours is.
Comment by TBlumer — July 20, 2006 @ 8:43 pm