Ah, the absolute Luddite. First we figure out how to use a rock, then somebody wants to kill us by clubbing us with a rock. We were better off running down the gazelles and ripping their throats out with our teeth. ;->
Guag Meister wrote: > Hi Keith ; > > -----cut----- >> These critical remarks should be read in light of >> growing evidence of >> extremely serious impacts on health, environment and >> the livelihoods >> of Third World farmers. A European regulatory >> requirement for genetic >> safety testing, which is not required in Canada or >> the US, has >> revealed genetic instability in many GM crop >> varieties. >> >> Scientists are finding harmful impacts on soil >> micro-organisms, >> beneficial insects and laboratory animals exposed to >> genetically >> modified crops and GE food. Farmers in India are >> committing suicide >> by the hundreds in Andra Pradesh and other states >> because of GM crop >> failures. >> (www.navdanya.org/articles/seeds_suicide.htm) >> >> People and animals have become ill and even died >> after consumption or >> exposure to products containing genetically modified >> organisms. >> Unlike traditional plant breeding, in genetic >> engineering of crops, >> unrelated organisms, such as bacteria, are snipped >> apart and sections >> of their genes inserted into plants with >> unpredictable results. > -----cut------ > > While I agree wholeheartedly with the basis of the > post, these types of posts seem to suggest that GM > would be OK if all the problems with the environment > and harmful effects could be solved. > > Sorry for repeating myself ad nausium, but GM is still > incredibly dangerous even if there were NO harmful > effects at all and they actually did produce bumper > crops. Why? > > Answer : By purchasing and using GM products, we are > supporting and allowing the GM industry to proliferate > in knowledge, equipment, and people who know how to > use it. And there has never been a single instance > where a new technology has not been siezed by the > military (and ordinary people as well) and examined > for every possible method to harm and kill people. In > addition to the military, sadly some people have bad > intentions. For a small example, consider how many > computer viruses there are. Who writes a computer > virus and for what purpose? Some are for marketing > and some are solely destructive. These poeple have > taken a positive force (computers) and turned it into > a highly negative and destructive force. > > These posts worry about accidental side effects. I am > talking about deliberately designing an organism whose > effect will be to kill people (either through disease > or starvation or some other mechanism). > > So don't worry so much about the accidental side > effects (which undoubtedly can be significant). Worry > much more about the deliberate side effects from > militaty usage where the goal is to kill people. If > the accidental side effects of GM are disastrous, how > much more so will the results of deliberate harmful > and destructive actions by individuals or the > military? > > BR > Peter G. > Thailand > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bob Allen,http://ozarker.org/bob ------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------- The modern conservative is engaged in one of Man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness JKG -------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
