This is a truly impressive case of poor logic; I think I may use it in
a class.

Jerry Spinrad

On Mar 19, 4:09*pm, Brian Lafferty wrote:
The following is from a post on chessdiscussion by Dougie. My comments
follow
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by Tennessee Vols on Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:55 pm
Hal Terrie, are you that blind to see evidence that conflicts with your
world view? Just cherry picking evidence that only and only supports
your claims is a person that is in denial or refusing to look at other
evidence.

Blue Heron Biotechnology does research with cloning. Blue Heron
Biotechnology uses the services with Craic Computing to validate their
computer data. That validation is with data that has research dealing
with cloning. Cloning, with a number of people like myself has a moral
and ethical problem. The Mottershead report also used the services with
Craic Computing.

With one hand Craic Computing validated the Mottershead report; on the
other hand Craic Computing validated research and still validates
research dealing with cloning. There are countless marketing directors;
there are countless other corporate agencies that would reject working
with Craic Computing. This is the primary reason why Craic Computing has
clients only within the field of biotechnology and without any other
clients outside that field.

Having the Mottershead report come from a company that deals with
clients dealing with biotechnology and with the processes of cloning is
not political savvy on their part. There are a number of people that
finds anyone dealing with any level of cloning is immoral and unethical.

Cloning is a political unwise choice to be tangled up with. The United
States of American is wrestling with cloning just as with any other
country. They are wrestling with the ethical and moral value of cloning
of any level. There are religious groups dealing with cloning and most
have a very negative view with the topic.

This is why it is unsettling with the delegates and with the whole of
the United States Chess Federation membership at large. The Mottershead
report claims as one of its strengths with the validation from Craic
Computing. Just as Blue Heron Biotechnology that deals with cloning also
uses as its strengths with their validation from Craic Computing. If I
accept the validation of the Mottershead report from Craic Computing
then I have to also accept Craic Computing validation of other projects.
With the other projects, it is the validation of date of cloning, the
research that is dealing with the cloning. If I accept the Mottershead
report, then I am also passively accepting cloning at any level.
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The irony is that cloning and/or genetic manipulation might help Doug
given the limited neuroplasticity possibilities for him.