Actor Michael J. Fox, known for his youthful movie and television roles, appears fragile in the ad Democrat John Kerry’s campaign unveiled Thursday.
But his message is strong: Electing Kerry could help cure him of the Parkinson’s disease causing his frail appearance and cure millions more suffering from "devastating illnesses."
"George Bush says we can wait," Fox says in the 30-second spot airing in battleground states. "I say lives are at stake." (source)
That is a statement I can totally agree with. Lives are at stake. Thousands to millions of lives are at stake. Well they won’t burn them at the stake but they will sacrifice them on the altar of the petri dish. These people are the modern Frankenstein that would attempt to extend life through the parts of others. At least Dr. Frankenstein was more ethical – he waited before the donors were dead to retrieve their parts.
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I noticed that when the first embryonic stem cell human tests were carried out – the ones that resulted in convulsions, brain damage, and deaths, neither Michael J. Fox nor Mary Tyler Moore was among the participants.
What are the Democrats saying?
That with the election of Kerry Mr.Fox will get a cure within 4 years?
What demagoguery!
Stem cell research has many years to go before it will attain some of the wished for cures.
It gotten pretty weird when we start DEMANDING technology to keep us alive. I mean demanding it. As though death is absolutely the one thing we must avoid at all costs…To hell with everyone else! ME! I deserve to live! I’m Michael J. Fox and I’m worth it!
I suppose without faith, I’d want to avoid death too…
Maybe he should just “go back to the future”…and Mary Tyler Moore? She was married once to Robert “Petri” wasn’t she? Wonder if he could help her out…if he can’t, he could at least make her laugh.
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Elinor, good call!
And good call from Jeff to when he said that Dr. Frankenstein wait for his donor to die.
Southpark said all that needs to said on this issue.
The plot of one episode had Chistopher Reeve come to Southpark promoting stem cell research. To demonstrate its benefit he snaps foetuses in half and sucks the centers out, just like an oyster.
Envigorated by human tissue, Reeve is able to stand, run, and eventually after scoffing bins of foetuses he aquires Superman powers.
Southpark character Kyle says, “hey… but isn’t he eating…?”
Stan stops him, “I know, I know, don’t say anything, just move along”.