There’s the edge of the cliff! Speed Up!

Does anyone not running for the Democratic nomination for President seriously dispute that we’re in a war for civilization? I find it amazing that while we fight, the world over, to preserve our way of life we are simultaneously undermining the very foundation of all life.

Our dear friends the South Koreans have successfully cloned human embryos for use in stem cell therapy. Let there be no mistake: the patient whose cells were used allowed scientists to create an identical genetic copy of themself with the full knowledge that they (in the form of the clone) would then be disassembled into component cells for theraputic use before being discarded. And we want to have Saddam executed for feeding people into tree-chippers? How, exactly, is this different from having a child and then dismembering that child to harvest the liver, kidneys, lungs or any other needed organs? I should think the genetic information in one’s child should be sufficient to ensure acceptance of the organs in most cases. Yet we (hopefully) consider the latter beyond the pale while the former is accepted medical practice.

Has the world gone completely sideways? We’re in the fight of our lives here folks, we are quite literally fighting a civilization that would kill us to a man if allowed to do so and yet we’re happily engaged in killing ourselves in the name of progress? If I tied gay marriage into this argument would that be too harsh?

Probably. I think they’re all related but I’ve probably pulled too many threads together as it stands. Progress is lovely people, just don’t lose sight of where we came from. The fact we can do a thing does not imply we ought to do that thing.