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winoweenie · 05-04-2003, 04:23 PM,

Marvelous news! My very best wishes for her continued recovery. WW

winedope1 · 05-04-2003, 06:56 PM,

good for you both, SB!! hope the recovery continues to go well! I have received good news as well, on a good friend who was injured in the Station nightclub fire. She is finally coming home!! yea for all recovering from such hardships!!

wondersofwine · 05-05-2003, 02:27 PM,

Happy about the progress your girlfriend is making. Hope research continues to help those like Christopher Reeves, etc. May I voice a plea for use of embryonic stem cells in medical research if the embryo was not going to be allowed to develop as a full-term baby anyway? (frozen embryos that would otherwise just be destroyed or already aborted embryos). I don't encourage full-force cloning of humans, but I do see remarkable things ahead in medicine if stem cells can be utilized. Where does Bucko stand on this? (Hope I don't start off another great controversy)

ShortWiner · 05-06-2003, 07:57 AM,

Cheers, SB. My best to you and your fiance.

I'm with you, WOW. There's nothing to be gained from blocking Federal research in this area, and potentially a lot to lose.

stevebody · 05-14-2003, 07:43 AM,

I wish sometimes - maybe just once - the right-to-lifers who are so quick to scream bloody murder (literally) when something like stem-cell research becomes a medical possibility would stop for a hot minute and consider Right to QUALITY of Life. Many of the unborn children they insist be brought to term are being aborted because their parents are financially unable to care for them properly and give them the life due a normal kid, were concived via rape or incest, or are simply being born into "families" in which the parents are emotionally and maturity-level unequipped to care for a child. The Lifers blabber on about adoption but the simple fact is there are thousands of kids in orphanages who will NEVER be adopted and new adoptables are running ahead of potential parents by something like 100 to 1, last figure I saw. Stem cell research has the potential to improve MILLIONS of lives, heal an astounding range of injuries and illnesses, and spawn further research into genetics, cell regeneration, and God knows what else no one has thought of yet. Seems like a classic no-brainer, huh?

(deep sigh)

Innkeeper · 05-14-2003, 10:45 AM,

I would very respectfully like to agree to disagee, remain friends, and never discuss this subject on this board again.

ShortWiner · 05-14-2003, 12:25 PM,

Yeah, let's stick to wine. We can have enough disagreement in that area. I'm sorry I commented.

Matt

Drew · 05-14-2003, 06:29 PM,

"God knows what else no one has thought of yet. Seems like a classic no-brainer, huh?
(deep sigh)"

Yup, God knows that this classic thought came about with no brains!

Drew

Glass_A_Day · 05-15-2003, 06:40 AM,

IF you want to provoke Steve keep it up. Otherwise let it go. I agree with him. I have disagreed with him on other issues. In the end who cares. We arn't changing the world here. Just talking about some wine we like most of the time. The thing that suprises me is that people can say things like "Yup, God knows that this classic thought came about with no brains!" and be suprised when Steve rants and raves. Things like that are designed to get him riled up and then you all jump on him when he gets that way. Making fun of something someone is passionate about is a sure way to get them going. If you disagree just do like IK did and say so respectfully and no one can rant. We better watch out or Bucko will delete the delete thread... [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/wink.gif[/img] Then where will we go between TN's?

winoweenie · 05-15-2003, 07:14 AM,

I personally intend to make a trip to the cellar!!!! [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img]ww [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img]

Drew · 05-15-2003, 07:18 AM,

First of all, provocation, attempted or otherwise, had nothing to do with my response. Secondly, who is this almighty Steve that we have to fear his response? Don't rouse the sleeping dragon? Nothing against you GAD, but if you research ALL of the ranting threads posted on by SB in mass length, you'll not find ONE response from me, simply because I did as SB suggested in that if you think his posts have no merit, ignore him.....that's what I've done. But, enough is enough, SB simply cannot post a thread without controversy, provocation and haughty rudness. Case in point. WOW responds earlier in this thread "May I voice a plea for use of embryonic stem cells..." and SB replies by attacking right to lifers and I'm the provoker? I've really had enough, I view SB as an internet troll who's sole purpose is forum disruption. Yes it would be nice to simply talk about wine and fun times.

Drew

Thomas · 05-15-2003, 08:13 AM,

I have vowed to bite my tongue, and I will. Bucko, aren't you prowda me?

Kcwhippet · 05-15-2003, 08:56 AM,

Though I've been following Foodie's line lately, i.e. tongue biting, I have to agree with Drew. I also find it interesting that SB is (apparently) conspicuously absent from wineloverspage, WCWN and eRobertParker.

[This message has been edited by Kcwhippet (edited 05-15-2003).]

~~Bucko~~ · 05-15-2003, 09:56 AM,

I think this thread needs to die a quiet death before fur and feathers go to flyin'. Lets close and all part friends before Georgie has us all in a permanent corner spot!

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