Re: Stem cells and a request

[Merlin H Brown <brown2611@xxxxxxxx>]

Ooops, sorry -- I intended to put c/g but instead put c/t.  You'll see it
at the end of my post.  Bev c/g

On Sat, 12 Feb 2000 09:56:06 -0500 "Marjorie L. Moorefield"
<minx32@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> I don't care if you want to argue forever over this, what I do resent
> is
> never knowing if its the opinion of a PWP or a caregiver.
> Could you *please* at the beginning of any post, say if you are a
> Parkie?
> If you are posting for a PWP who is no longer, or maybe has never
> been
> capable of typing, would you please say if this is the PWP opinion
> or the
> caregivers opinion????
>
> Thank You very much,
> Marjorie L. Moorefield
> Very much a Parkie
> 67/11
>
>
>
>
>
>
> At 09:23 AM 02/12/2000 -0500, you wrote:
> >I SO agree that the name calling and hateful words need to be
> stopped.
> >But this is a disagreement that is not going to go away.  While our
> >common enemy is PD, there are those of us who are not willing to
> >sacrifice one life for the well-being of another, even if it is
> someone
> >we love very much, or ourselves.  That crosses a line some are not
> >willing to cross.  Again, I repeat myself -- if we can do this
> research
> >without using willfully aborted babies, I think it is wonderful!!
> In our
> >state of Nebraska right now, this is an ongoing debate because the
> UNO
> >Med Center is conducting research on fetal cell tissue.  Our
> Governor has
> >taken a stand against the research even though his mother has PD
> and he
> >has personally experienced the ravages of the disease.  Please, as
> my
> >husband is always saying, "LET'S JUST AGREE TO DISAGREE." And stop
> the
> >name calling.  We do not need to personally attack any individual
> or
> >group on this list.
> >Bev c/t
> >
> >
> >On Sat, 12 Feb 2000 05:56:52 -0500 Stan or Joan Snyder
> <ssnyder@xxxxxxxx>
> >writes:
> > > I cannot believe the tone that this argument has taken: name
> calling
> > > and
> > > "let's withhold the cure from certain of or fellow sufferers"
> > > because
> > > they can't in their hearts approve of the method in which it was
> > > discovered. I'd like to remind everyone who our common enemy is:
> > > Parkinson's Disease--NOT EACH OTHER!!! If a cure were to come
> based
> > > on
> > > research that had nothing to do with stem cells from aborted
> > > fetuses, I
> > > for one, would be so happy that I would want all of my brothers
> &
> > > sisters in arms to be healed. And for your information, my
> symptoms
> > > can
> > > hardly get any worse than they already are!! I can only pray
> that
> > > research can be dicovered that does not build upon the already
> > > horrendeous descision a woman makes at the time she she decides
> to
> > > go
> > > thru with an abortion.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Joan E. Snyder    48/10
> > > ssnyder@xxxxxxxx
> > > <>
> > > "Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful."
> > >             Annette Funicello