'Playing God'

©Beaver County Times Allegheny Times 2007, 19 August 2007, page A6

Life is simple, people make it complicated. Republicans make it impossible.

It's illegal to buy, possess, use and/or sell illegal drugs and/or drug paraphernalia.

If the Republicans wanted to be consistent, they might want to apply this rationale to human embryos/stem cell research.

Presently, Republicans are saying that it is immoral to destroy human embryos. When the human embryos are destroyed, Republicans contend that scientists are playing God and destroying life.

I think the Republican argument would hold more water if they would support a law that would make it illegal to create, store and use human embryos or any of its parts.

If it's immoral to play God by destroying life, is it not immoral and unethical to play God by creating life? When creating embryos, scientists are actually playing God by creating life. If scientists were not permitted to create human embryos, then there would be no human embryos to destroy. Problem solved. Simple.

Someone needs to keep a list of names of all the Republicans against stem cell research.

Then, when scientists using stem cell research find a cure for cancer, diabetes, multiple sclerosis and a host of other human ailments, those Republicans who opposed such research would be denied the benefits of such research.

I know this is a sin, but some day in the future, I would love to be the one to look a Republican in the eye and say, "Stem cell research has found a cure for your illness. However, due to your previously documented stupidity, your access to such treatment had been denied. It's time for you to meet your maker." Would I be playing God?

Historically, right-winged, Christian coalition, know-nothing Republicans have impeded scientific progress only to benefit from such progress at a later date and time.

Nikola "Nick" Drobac
Aliquippa

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