> Government is not bound by what is scientifically demonstrated
You're implying:
something is scientifically demonstrated -> government is bound by it
What I said was:
government has bounded something -> it can be scientifically or logically demonstrated
> Hundreds, if not thousands of years of fairly consistent belief that life is sacred is hardly a whim
You're appealing to the populace. How long or who believes something has no bearing on whether or not it is true or whether anyone should care about it. People thought the earth was the center of the universe for a long time too. Also, something cannot be "sacred" universally, only conditionally.
You're implying:
something is scientifically demonstrated -> government is bound by it
What I said was:
government has bounded something -> it can be scientifically or logically demonstrated
> Hundreds, if not thousands of years of fairly consistent belief that life is sacred is hardly a whim
You're appealing to the populace. How long or who believes something has no bearing on whether or not it is true or whether anyone should care about it. People thought the earth was the center of the universe for a long time too. Also, something cannot be "sacred" universally, only conditionally.