We must stop de use of GM products now not tomorrow, and promove the ecological agriculture, here in south america (Argentina) the people have a lot of problems with GM soja, the fields of the owner´s don´t produce any more when GM soja is used. its a great problem. peace Juan Carlos from lima Peru.
--- Doug Foskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 07 August 2006 8:39, Guag Meister wrote: > I tend to agree with you. Imagine a simple molecule > such as caused > Thalidomide. Even worse imagine a molecule that > affected a gene contained in > a single racial type. (Maybe we should start looking > for a distinct gene in > crooked pollies! ..known as the greed gene.) > > regards Doug > > > > 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/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > __________________________________________________ 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/
