Blue Collar Scientist

Reuters is reporting that

Pope Benedict said on Thursday that embryonic stem cell research, artificial insemination and the prospect of human cloning had “shattered” human dignity.

Practices like freezing embryos, suppression of embryos in multiple pregnancies, embryonic stem cell research, the prospect of human cloning and artificial insemination outside the body had “shattered the barriers meant to protect human dignity”, he said.

Let’s make something really clear here. The Blue Collar Scientist is a human, and he’s noticed no diminishment of his “human dignity” as a result of any of these things. People still, by and large, treat me politely and with respect, just as I, by and large, treat others politely and with respect. Nobody has been running around giving others wedgies while in my presence. Nobody I’ve ever seen has chosen to excrete other than in the privacy of a restroom. People go on wearing clothing, having medical exams behind closed doors instead of in the middle of the sidewalk, making their own decisions, and avoiding being told what to do by some old white guy who wears funny hats and seeks to control the behavior of his flock like the dominant male in a troop of howler monkeys.

I hate to keep slapping down at Catholics here, but seriously, is the Pope in any way in touch with reality?