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Oct 5 2009, 03:01 PM
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Romantic Misanthropist Group: +Donors Posts: 129 Joined: 14-June 09 From: Florida, USA. Member No.: 34 260 Legend League |
The Japanese have created a similar process to that of embryonic stem cells that does not invole fetuses, so embryonic stem cell research is slaughtering children, plain and simple. The word "slaughter" is an emotionally charged term, and using it makes you come off as someone who doesn't know how to conduct himself properly in a debate. Definition of Slaughter from the American Herritage Dictionary: TRANSITIVE VERB: slaugh·tered , slaugh·ter·ing , slaugh·ters 1)To kill (animals) especially for food; butcher. 2) a. To kill (people) in large numbers; massacre. b. To kill in a violent or brutal manner. For one, that has NOTHING to do with my post, so you're just trying to look smart by ridiculing my word choice, very tolerant of you. Secondly, tens of millions of babies are killed by meathods of abortion and stem cell research, and they are killed by various painful procedures, looks like the exact definition of slaughter to me, huh? http://www.thefreedictionary.com/charged QUOTE 2.charged - fraught with great emotion; "an atmosphere charged with excitement"; "an emotionally charged speech" superchargedemotional - of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional" You could have said "kill" instead of slaughter, which is incorrect anyway, but that's not what I'm getting at. When you said "slaughter" instead of kill, you used a term that is meant to spark emotion instead of intelligent debate. It's like specifying 9/11 in a speech about a current disaster. 9/11 has nothing to do with today's society. It had alot to do with society 8 years ago, but bringing it up now only serves to bring people to your side with the use iof emotions and not fact. Tell me, which sounds better. "He killed the intruder." "He mutilated the intruder." Don't answer out loud because I know which one you'll say. You'll say the first one despite the fact that the second one is emotionally charged just to spite me. If slaughter means kill, then why say slaughter? Why not just say "kill"? I know that it's "true" by definition, so it's also true with the word "kill." And to be honest, I don't have to try this hard to prove how smart I am. You're saying that you're smart while randomly correcting my word choice instead of ACTUALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO MY POST. Wow. -------------------- |
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Oct 5 2009, 04:56 PM
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I'm in space...space...spacespace Group: Members Posts: 1 327 Joined: 4-June 09 From: space Member No.: 30 281 space team |
The Japanese have created a similar process to that of embryonic stem cells that does not invole fetuses, so embryonic stem cell research is slaughtering children, plain and simple. The word "slaughter" is an emotionally charged term, and using it makes you come off as someone who doesn't know how to conduct himself properly in a debate. Definition of Slaughter from the American Herritage Dictionary: TRANSITIVE VERB: slaugh·tered , slaugh·ter·ing , slaugh·ters 1)To kill (animals) especially for food; butcher. 2) a. To kill (people) in large numbers; massacre. b. To kill in a violent or brutal manner. For one, that has NOTHING to do with my post, so you're just trying to look smart by ridiculing my word choice, very tolerant of you. Secondly, tens of millions of babies are killed by meathods of abortion and stem cell research, and they are killed by various painful procedures, looks like the exact definition of slaughter to me, huh? http://www.thefreedictionary.com/charged QUOTE 2.charged - fraught with great emotion; "an atmosphere charged with excitement"; "an emotionally charged speech" superchargedemotional - of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional" You could have said "kill" instead of slaughter, which is incorrect anyway, but that's not what I'm getting at. When you said "slaughter" instead of kill, you used a term that is meant to spark emotion instead of intelligent debate. It's like specifying 9/11 in a speech about a current disaster. 9/11 has nothing to do with today's society. It had alot to do with society 8 years ago, but bringing it up now only serves to bring people to your side with the use iof emotions and not fact. Tell me, which sounds better. "He killed the intruder." "He mutilated the intruder." Don't answer out loud because I know which one you'll say. You'll say the first one despite the fact that the second one is emotionally charged just to spite me. If slaughter means kill, then why say slaughter? Why not just say "kill"? I know that it's "true" by definition, so it's also true with the word "kill." And to be honest, I don't have to try this hard to prove how smart I am. You're saying that you're smart while randomly correcting my word choice instead of ACTUALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO MY POST. Wow. 1. It's not random. 2. Word choice is just as important as the underlining point. 3. Chrona did a good enough job explaining the problem with your post...yet you decided to pay attention to me and only me. The issue here isn't my decision to criticize your word choice, its your choice to ignore the more important argument made by Chrona and focus soley on MY reply, which could've been solved in a matter of 3 comments. -------------------- space...spacespace...wanna go to space...I'm in space...are we in space...I wanna into space, are you space? Uh oh, space police, stay cool. Space..space..space space..ba ba, ba, ba, bababa, ba, ba space. Dad, are you space? Yes, now we can be a family again. Space space...need...space...need a rocket...wanna buy a rocket? It's for space...need one...buy one from space store...space store...space...space...space supplies...space ship...space rocket...rocket..space...soup...space soup...from space cafe...space waiter there's a space fly in my space soup...spacespace....must...
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Oct 5 2009, 06:42 PM
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Romantic Misanthropist Group: +Donors Posts: 129 Joined: 14-June 09 From: Florida, USA. Member No.: 34 260 Legend League |
QUOTE("Iconox") You could do that, but there's no reason to kill more due to the promising alternatives. 1) Umm, I replied directly to Chrona right after she posted. 2) Saying "slaughter" rather than "kill" leaves the same underlying point, no matter how big a deal you want to make of it. -------------------- |
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Oct 5 2009, 07:57 PM
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I'm in space...space...spacespace Group: Members Posts: 1 327 Joined: 4-June 09 From: space Member No.: 30 281 space team |
QUOTE("Iconox") You could do that, but there's no reason to kill more due to the promising alternatives. 1) Umm, I replied directly to Chrona right after she posted. 2) Saying "slaughter" rather than "kill" leaves the same underlying point, no matter how big a deal you want to make of it. 1) One sentence v. 5 comments? Yeah...seems like you did your best to fend that one off. 2) Yes...while being emotionally charged. Not only does the word "kill" say the exact same thing...but it's easier to type. 4 letters v. 9...your logic is flawed. -------------------- space...spacespace...wanna go to space...I'm in space...are we in space...I wanna into space, are you space? Uh oh, space police, stay cool. Space..space..space space..ba ba, ba, ba, bababa, ba, ba space. Dad, are you space? Yes, now we can be a family again. Space space...need...space...need a rocket...wanna buy a rocket? It's for space...need one...buy one from space store...space store...space...space...space supplies...space ship...space rocket...rocket..space...soup...space soup...from space cafe...space waiter there's a space fly in my space soup...spacespace....must...
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Oct 6 2009, 03:29 PM
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Romantic Misanthropist Group: +Donors Posts: 129 Joined: 14-June 09 From: Florida, USA. Member No.: 34 260 Legend League |
QUOTE("Iconox") You could do that, but there's no reason to kill more due to the promising alternatives. 1) Umm, I replied directly to Chrona right after she posted. 2) Saying "slaughter" rather than "kill" leaves the same underlying point, no matter how big a deal you want to make of it. 1) One sentence v. 5 comments? Yeah...seems like you did your best to fend that one off. 2) Yes...while being emotionally charged. Not only does the word "kill" say the exact same thing...but it's easier to type. 4 letters v. 9...your logic is flawed. How is my logic flawed? If the baby's already dead, than I guess you can use it for stem cells, just don't keep killing them when their are better alternatives. Now just reply to that without finding some word to criticize. -------------------- |
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Oct 6 2009, 03:36 PM
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I'm in space...space...spacespace Group: Members Posts: 1 327 Joined: 4-June 09 From: space Member No.: 30 281 space team |
QUOTE("Iconox") You could do that, but there's no reason to kill more due to the promising alternatives. 1) Umm, I replied directly to Chrona right after she posted. 2) Saying "slaughter" rather than "kill" leaves the same underlying point, no matter how big a deal you want to make of it. 1) One sentence v. 5 comments? Yeah...seems like you did your best to fend that one off. 2) Yes...while being emotionally charged. Not only does the word "kill" say the exact same thing...but it's easier to type. 4 letters v. 9...your logic is flawed. How is my logic flawed? If the baby's already dead, than I guess you can use it for stem cells, just don't keep killing them when their are better alternatives. Now just reply to that without finding some word to criticize. Not your logic on stem cell research, the logic in using the word slaughter instead of kill. -------------------- space...spacespace...wanna go to space...I'm in space...are we in space...I wanna into space, are you space? Uh oh, space police, stay cool. Space..space..space space..ba ba, ba, ba, bababa, ba, ba space. Dad, are you space? Yes, now we can be a family again. Space space...need...space...need a rocket...wanna buy a rocket? It's for space...need one...buy one from space store...space store...space...space...space supplies...space ship...space rocket...rocket..space...soup...space soup...from space cafe...space waiter there's a space fly in my space soup...spacespace....must...
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Oct 6 2009, 05:14 PM
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Romantic Misanthropist Group: +Donors Posts: 129 Joined: 14-June 09 From: Florida, USA. Member No.: 34 260 Legend League |
QUOTE("Iconox") You could do that, but there's no reason to kill more due to the promising alternatives. 1) Umm, I replied directly to Chrona right after she posted. 2) Saying "slaughter" rather than "kill" leaves the same underlying point, no matter how big a deal you want to make of it. 1) One sentence v. 5 comments? Yeah...seems like you did your best to fend that one off. 2) Yes...while being emotionally charged. Not only does the word "kill" say the exact same thing...but it's easier to type. 4 letters v. 9...your logic is flawed. How is my logic flawed? If the baby's already dead, than I guess you can use it for stem cells, just don't keep killing them when their are better alternatives. Now just reply to that without finding some word to criticize. Not your logic on stem cell research, the logic in using the word slaughter instead of kill. It wasn't intentional I swear, but I still got my point through. Forgive me for mini-modding, but this is getting off-topic. -------------------- |
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Oct 6 2009, 05:26 PM
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I'm in space...space...spacespace Group: Members Posts: 1 327 Joined: 4-June 09 From: space Member No.: 30 281 space team |
QUOTE("Iconox") You could do that, but there's no reason to kill more due to the promising alternatives. 1) Umm, I replied directly to Chrona right after she posted. 2) Saying "slaughter" rather than "kill" leaves the same underlying point, no matter how big a deal you want to make of it. 1) One sentence v. 5 comments? Yeah...seems like you did your best to fend that one off. 2) Yes...while being emotionally charged. Not only does the word "kill" say the exact same thing...but it's easier to type. 4 letters v. 9...your logic is flawed. How is my logic flawed? If the baby's already dead, than I guess you can use it for stem cells, just don't keep killing them when their are better alternatives. Now just reply to that without finding some word to criticize. Not your logic on stem cell research, the logic in using the word slaughter instead of kill. It wasn't intentional I swear, but I still got my point through. Forgive me for mini-modding, but this is getting off-topic. ...ok, but I'm watching you *does "points fingers at eyes and then at other person" motion thing*. It's not exactly against any sort of "law", but doing such things makes it seem like you rely more on emotions than logic to debate...which isn't a good thing. And I agree. /discussion -------------------- space...spacespace...wanna go to space...I'm in space...are we in space...I wanna into space, are you space? Uh oh, space police, stay cool. Space..space..space space..ba ba, ba, ba, bababa, ba, ba space. Dad, are you space? Yes, now we can be a family again. Space space...need...space...need a rocket...wanna buy a rocket? It's for space...need one...buy one from space store...space store...space...space...space supplies...space ship...space rocket...rocket..space...soup...space soup...from space cafe...space waiter there's a space fly in my space soup...spacespace....must...
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Dec 5 2011, 11:56 AM
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Pokémon Trainer Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 15-June 09 Member No.: 34 616 My Sexy Babies |
I really do not agree in Stem Cell research. I won't go into anything major about abortion because it's not what this topic is asking.
However I do accept that Stem cells will be used for a long time for research, and research on them will continue no matter how they get their hands on them, so I try to just preach my feelings whenever asked, but never go crazy. I accept that things I don't agree with go on. But I'm still against them. -------------------- |
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Dec 6 2011, 06:05 AM
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Don't let me detain you... Group: Members Posts: 368 Joined: 11-January 11 From: Good Ol' England Member No.: 127 207 Vetinari's Terriers |
The Japanese have created a similar process to that of embryonic stem cells that does not invole fetuses, so embryonic stem cell research is slaughtering children, plain and simple. My problem is that your post makes it sound as if they're killed specifically for stem cell research, not that foetuses that happened to die of other causes-which of course in untrue, since that would be both illegal and hideously unethical. This might not be how you meant it to sound, but that's how it came across to me. -------------------- "The world spins on pain. I realised that if there is a supreme power, then it is our duty to become it's moral superior." -Lord Havelock Vetinari, Patrician of Ankh-Morpork "The sentient may perceive and love the universe, but the universe may not perceive and love the sentient. The universe sees no distinction between the multitude of creatures and elements which comprise it. All are equal. None is favored. The universe, equipped with nothing but the materials and the power of creation, continues to create: something of this, something of that. It cannot control what it creates and it cannot, it seems, be controlled by its creations (though a few might deceive themselves otherwise). Those who curse the workings of the universe curse that which is deaf. Those who strike out at those workings fight that which is inviolate. Those who shake their fists, shake their fists at blind stars."- Michael Moorcock, author. |
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