Let tragedy bring newfound respect for life
by KC Jones, ne news editor

    One of the hottest human rights debates has taken a back seat to the latest human rights violation, the attack from terrorists on U.S. soil.

    No one wonders what the president will say about embryonic stem cell research now because the nation is in shock over the attack on America. Could it be that the media attention of the spectacular display of violence captures the attention better than the destruction of human life done in secret?

    Of course, it probably is not fair to compare the two situations because humans who have not completed the birth process are not persons. They have not done the important task of contributing their efforts toward making already developed persons more comfortable. After all, the American lifestyle is all about comfort and freedom.

    If people are useful, they are welcome. If not useful, we should get rid of them or make them useful. How about turning them into medicine to treat the others who may be suffering the consequences of abusing themselves with the excesses of American wealth.

    Of course, most reading this will wonder what is wrong with the writer. Many potentially wonderful breakthroughs in curative treatments are just waiting to be discovered by harvesting the cells of unwanted fertilized eggs. How can anyone be against medical progress?

    It goes back to ethics: Not situational ethics but the basic belief that life is good ... Not that some people have the right to live and others do not because of their nationality, religion, race or age.

    Advances in medical procedures have changed the ethics in this country drastically. Many tough choices are pushed on people just because the medical industry has the technology to perform certain procedures. Unfortunately, an industry that was supposed to focus on saving lives has also resorted to taking them, on purpose. Of course, the debate rages on about why people should allow the destruction of human life, but all the arguing is helping the medical field because it is all about one thing.

    The medical/scientific community does not care about right or wrong. Only a few have a concept of the meaning. Medical research is about money. There are many substances in nature, especially plants that have been used for centuries to cure all kinds of diseases. The American medical cult does not concentrate on those sources because there is not enough return on their money unless they can produce a patent from the man-made drug. Not only that, but they do not really want to cure the patient. They want to treat them indefinitely, so they can charge more money.

    But do not try to make the public responsible for their actions. And do not even try to tell Americans they have to change their way of life to prevent disease. They want to eat too much, lie around and poison themselves and the environment, all without consequences.

    Just look at America—full of trash and wastefulness, with garbage all over the countryside and closets bursting full of unwanted stuff.

    A recent television report indicated that although the United States accounts for less than 20 percent of the world’s population, it consumes 40 percent of the world’s resources. Many countries resent us for this waste.

    Medical researchers from around the world might be able to find cures in the vegetation of the rainforest if it were not being cut down so fast to make palettes to transport bleached, decorative, perfumed toilet paper.

    If anything good can come from the horrific attack from terrorism, maybe it will be a rekindled respect for life and the world’s resources that so generously contribute to our comfort.