[extropy-chat] Re: Fwd: Manditory draft for your child?

Adrian Tymes wingcat at pacbell.net
Fri Oct 1 16:30:15 UTC 2004


--- Mike Lorrey <mlorrey at yahoo.com> wrote:
> According to Kerry he will:

> - promote government funding of state controlled
> stem cell research,
> thus out-competing private funding and private
> researchers via the use
> of police force,

Nit: "via" implies direct cause.  While the police
force may help collect the taxes that would then fund
research, that's not the same thing as police directly
causing lack of competition - e.g., shutting down
privately funded researchers just because they are not
on the government dime.

> Longevity and
> enhancement technologies will be rationed only to
> 'essential personnel'
> (i.e. elected officials and their thugs).

When did Kerry say this, or even explicitly mention
longevity?



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