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2004-09-16 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Fred 2004-09-16 1:02:36 PM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 religious zealots who would censor my reading

I, for one, am tired of this canard. If you look at the main thrust of speech codes, thought control and censorship in this country, it emanates from the PC left.

Do some blue-haired Lutheran ladies get their knickers in a knot about that evil satanic boy Harry Potter and try to push him off the shelves at the public library in Enid, Oklahoma? No doubt. But not a one of them has gotten their claws into our nation's university system.

Posted by Dreadnought 2004-09-16 2:39:46 PM|| 2004-09-16 2:39:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Dreadnought-I agree, no one is tearing books out of anyone's hands. The point made about stem cell research is a little more valid, it seems to me.

Posted by jules 187 2004-09-16 2:44:18 PM|| 2004-09-16 2:44:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Deny you the fruits of stem cell research? Let's review the facts: (1) no one opposes the use of adult stem cells -- which have led to dozens of cures and scientific breakthroughs; (2) no one has banned experiments with embryonic stem cells, which despite countless experiments have not led to a single cure; (3) private industry has shown no interest in funding embryionic stem cell research because it does not look very promising; (4) embryonic research is a polite term for killing human babies; (5) taxpayer dollars should not be used to kill human babies.

Posted by bkderwood 2004-09-16 2:56:54 PM|| 2004-09-16 2:56:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Taxpayer dollars should not be used to kill human babies. I agree with you on that part anyway.

Posted by jules 187 2004-09-16 3:00:03 PM|| 2004-09-16 3:00:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Speaking as a fellow purple, the above discussion shows why a majority of centrists will vote against Kerry. I don't care much for religious types, but they don't pose anything like the threat to my family's security that Mikey Moore and his crowd do. The difference between the right's wackos and those on the left is like the difference between an obnoxious rap star and a murdering gang leader.

Posted by lex 2004-09-16 4:04:29 PM|| 2004-09-16 4:04:29 PM|| Front Page Top

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