Originally posted by: Vic
Originally posted by: Robor
Originally posted by: Vic
Originally posted by: Robor
Originally posted by: Vic
Originally posted by: Robor
Wow, exagerate much? Seems you RP supporters like to do that a lot.
I don't want to pay for a lot of things the gov't funds but it's not all about ME or YOU, it's about what's best for EVERYONE.
And how is that determined? Who decides that? And don't say democracy, because that's what has you and I paying for Iraq.
Simply use the same system that is currently in place for research grants and allow it to go toward stem cell research as well.
That didn't answer my question. What exactly is best for everyone and who gets to decide that? I don't see how anyone can pretend that these are easy questions.
To be honest I have no idea who currently makes the decisions on federal funds going to research grants. I do believe curing disease and finding cleaner and more renewable fuels would benefit everyone though - well maybe not those in the oil industry but that's another story.
I was questioning your statement bolded above. What exactly is best for everyone? Who decides? And the answer to that is either a dictator, everyone, or no one.
When you try to say, however, that it is whatever you want that is best for everyone, then you are pretending to be dictator, whether you realize it or not. We'd all like the world to be the way we want it to be, but that doesn't mean we should actually try to do that.