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Originally Posted by Ramsayfarian
I'm the OP. Is the title that big of a deal?
Stem cell research is a pretty hot topic regardless of the title. Not exactly sure if your an opponent of stem cell research or just a stickler for accurate titles.
But I digress, I agree the title should have been longer. And the brevity of factual information could appear, to one as astute as yourself, as being sensational.
But sensationalism was not my original goal.
Believe it or not, but I was only trying to keep the title brief and originally wrote "Stem Cell Research" but then upon further thought added "Human-Embryonic" as I felt my original title was misleading and I didn't want to mislead anyone.
The title still didn't sound right to me, but I posted it anyways as I thought it would be an intriguing topic ripe for discussion. Why? I don't know, but my lawyer is looking into the medication that I'm currently taking.
Upon further reflection, I realize that I should have mentioned Gov't Funded. As I feel those two words would have prevented folks, much like yourself, from clicking on the tread and not only having to read the article but take the time to leave such a pithy complaint.
Not much for me to do, but apologize and if please let me know what you want as a title and I'll change it. I think that there is no need to discuss the fact that vulgar titles will be deemed unsuitable.
For best results, post it here and PM me with it as well.
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I apologize for implying that you were sensationalizing with purpose. I shouldn't have done that.
I feel very strongly that when discussing hot button issues every effort should be made to be as accurate as possible to avoid ambiguity. The reasons for this belief, and it has manifested itself dozens of times in the very forum, are the following:
1. The thread title is the reason why every single person who visits this thread initially visits.
2. Most of those people will NOT click on the link and read the article and are left believing something that is not at all true. Certainly, that's not on you, but it could be avoided.
I don't need to suggest a better thread title, you've already mentioned what it should've been.