of what you wish for, you just might get it. Anyone else see Thinner? or heaven forbid, read the book? Of course there are other prime examples of this, such as the kid who puts on some basketball players shoes and all of a sudden is in the NBA at the age of 10 or something. Then we have things like the sisterhood of the travelling pants.
I don't know what got me onto this topic, other than the speeches I'm going to work on. I've scratched the first topic. I hope my teacher doesn't get crabby over that, buth oh well. Stem Cell research is my new topic. I'll have to argue against it, and since that isn't my heart held beleif, If we aren't careful with what we want out of it, we may be stretching ourselves too thin, mentally and physically. Do we really need to feel immoratality? I realize that the purpose isn't to live forever, but there are some who are ready to go. Cancer is a huge threat to many lives in today's world. It is a fact. It strikes regardless of age, sex, creed, gender, or preference of football team.
Would the research stop at just trying to keep diseases like caner from ending lives too soon? If we can fix that, then why not fix the common cold? Perhaps with some more genetic testing we can, in fact, live forever. Is that a good thing? Maybe, but what happens to our natural resources? Do we have enough space for everyone to not only live forever, but to continue to procreate? Even now, we are spanning the realm of natural "child-birthing years," through infertility processes, we've established that it is possible for women to give birth to a child after they've entered menopause, with a whole lot of hormones and in-vitro fertilization (and other methods). Some people think that waiting to have kids until the career is established is a responsible thing to do, others think that we've been programmed with x amount of years to accomplish parenthood and we shouldn't push our luck. If I were 45 when I gave birth, I'd be 63 by the time they graduated from high school. I'd be almost eligible to retire for my job. Just in time for grandbabies, if my child didn't follow in my footsteps. If they waited until they were 45 to have their first child I'd be 108, now that is a good example of why we'd need to live longer, eh?
I'm going to get some artery clogging breakfast now, I wouldn't want to overstay my welcome here on earth :-)
Have a good day!
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