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LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.

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Byline: The Register-Guard

What is 'ethical responsibility'?

In his veto of the stem cell bill, President Bush called for "ethically responsible" research.

How refreshing! I wonder, what would an "ethically responsible" foreign policy look like? I wonder, just when did "pre-emptive war" become "ethically responsible"?

I wonder, does "ethical responsibility" have any bearing on our environmental policies? I wonder, is "just say no" an "ethically responsible" response to the drug epidemic, or "abstinence only" an "ethically responsible" sex education policy?

I wonder, how do we weigh "ethical responsibility" when deciding what taxes to cut for the rich and what programs to cut for the poor? I wonder, what does "ethical responsibility" mean in the hiring and firing of federal prosecutors or, for that matter, the attorney general?

Oh, and I wonder, just what does "ethical responsibility" say to all those who suffer from Parkinson's, diabetes and other diseases for which stem cell research offers great promise?

Just wondering.

DAN BRYANT

Eugene

Consider moving to Nevada

I should think someone who has such serious respiratory problems as Michelle D'Amico (letters, June 19) would have researched the climate and atmospheric conditions of an area before moving there.

I am assuming she is a recent immigrant, because this is the first complaint regarding pollen and breathing conditions I have seen from her. A little research would have uncovered the fact that the native people replaced by the white immigrants in the 1840s and beyond called this valley the Valley of Death, because of all the pollens and molds from grasses, trees and plants.

Not to mention...

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