---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> wrote :
Thing is companies do this genetic modification because they are desperate for making money. And if they don't do it then someone else will and then their stockholders will be in an uproar. The real beast is capitalism. Exactly. I think the thing that worries me most about GMO's is that the world food supply ends up in the hands of bio-tech companies. Farmers in the third world have already been sued for sharing last years seeds among themselves rather than buying new ones from the manufacturer, along with the pesticides they are designed to work with. Keeping food strains strong via interbreeding by sharing seeds will be a thing of the past in our brave new monoculture world. On 02/16/2015 11:33 AM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@... mailto:anartaxius@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: They modified the plant to stop producing an enzyme that makes the apple to turn brown. Just think, if we could do that to people, we could stop discrimination based on skin colour. I would not worry though, humans are exceptionally creative in finding things for disliking other people. There are many ways to produce 'new' organisms. With genetic engineering one can mimic things like cross breeding, or (and this is where the real potential for danger comes in) mimic natural mutation, or inserting genes from other species, or creating entirely synthetic genes. I think a glow in the dark 'spiritual' gene that activates when a person believes a spiritual philosophy with too great a percentage of gullibility would help identify people one might want to avoid, as the conversation with such would tend to be repetitive without progress. Not of much use here though. From: "Bhairitu noozguru@... mailto:noozguru@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 16, 2015 5:37 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Oh great! GMO apples approved for growing in the US Just what you've been waiting for: an apple that doesn't turn brown. GMO labeling needs to be federally mandated. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/14/business/gmo-apples-are-approved-for-growing-in-us.html?_r=1 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/14/business/gmo-apples-are-approved-for-growing-in-us.html?_r=1
