I agree with Simon here. I NEVER hear anything about the suffering that
biotech animals might undergo; somehow we can 'safely' object to corporate
animal testing, but everything is fine when we ourselves do the playing.
I hate this. I hate the fact that the animal's Umwelt is never ever taken
into account. It's unethical. It's hypocritical - how can we object to
genetically-modified foods and support these things?
In the mean time what's left of the wilderness is brutally disappearing
into biofuels, bushmeat, and so forth. We're losing animals that have been
around for millions of years to ultimately replace them with supermarket
varieties.
Sorry to go on about this.
- Alan
On Sat, 21 Jan 2012, Simon Mclennan wrote:
Unfortunately BBC iPlayer link to the Horizon programme "Playing God" was
only up for a short time and apparently not available outside the UK.
What shocked me, and I think the programme makers, was the advanced stage
bio-hacking has reached. I for one find it worrisom that people are sharing
genetic code in digital form in a network online - making it possible to
basically start monkeying with genetic code, splicing together bits of code,
and using animals to make their experiments.
Is it just me, or does anybody else think it's way past time that this whole
deal be properly debated. Goats with spider genes to make silk from their
milk to make new stronger than kevlar materials (think military - think
money). And this is just the start.
They also re-booted some dead bacteria - by inserting a new code - !!!???
Science and ethics!!!???!!!
I challenge all netbehavours to make art about this!!
Simon
PS Gandhi said that India should remain rural - locally self sufficient for
basic needs - While the British (I am one of them) built the railways and
exploited the whole place for mineral wealth. And now with technology
running rampant in our lives, scientists blandly start messing with life
like good old Dr Moreau and his leopard people.
Hakim Bey is still good listening on the subject
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3HyRtdu1o0
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