Well, let's start with KJ ("mad cow") and go on from there. There's
something wrong with eating your own stuff. There's genes in there. Code for
proteins that don't fold properly. Other stuff. Yuck. In fact eating pork
(chimpanzee, etc.) might have similar drawbacks due to the genetic
similarities. Don't have the references, but this has been floating around
for some time.The other source of fear starts when the government takes over a large component of the economy and your life, like oh, say healthcare for instance. Maybe eventually the food supply too since your health depends on what you eat, and the government is responsible for that, times become real hard etc., so it follows logically. Killing grandma is one thing, but eating her too? Logan's Run meets Soilent Green. The day people start lining up to receive their soilent ration is the day I check out. - R. -----Original Message----- From: Jed Rothwell [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 10:19 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: RE: [Vo]:OT: Scientists grow pork meat in a laboratory (Follow-up) Rick Monteverde wrote: >This is rather scary. If they can do pig, could long pig be far behind? Seriously, so what? I honestly don't find anything scary about it. I admit I might hesitate to try the stuff myself. But I am not an adventurous eater. I do not see any moral problem with this, or anything frightening. - Jed
