How did I get to be the one with the "Dark Side" input? Somehow that labels me as a villain for pointing out that GMOs aren't the evil danger that some would have us believe? I said before, I support organic gardening, and even practice it here in my own backyard. And I support GMOs. I support food! Is there a way to breed a soybean or corn that is resistant to Roundup? I'm all for it if there is! Is there a way to breed a plant to glow when planted over TNT? I'm listening!
The GMO industry is Nazis? Funny, all this time I thought it was some scientists searching for ways to better improve ways of farming and improving plants. Roundup Ready plants have saved farmers in this country countless $$$. Do they really want to enslave us and take over the world?
WHAT? Am I missing something here?
I don't mean to criticize bias - just pointing it out. When doing research papers, they teach you to look for "scholarly" papers for your research. They tell you that if you want to use a website for your research, make sure that it is an unbiased one. A website that is clearly biased will tell you anything that furthers their own cause. Period.
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Showering them with some yellow rice does little more than showering them with yellow snow...
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Do you honestly think that the inventors of Golden Rice really intended just to pee on them? Or do you think that maybe, just maybe, there was good intentions to try to help solve some of the world's hunger and malnutrition problems here? I think that's rather insensitive, Mike.
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Sure, what can a daffodil gene do? But there's also genetics from a bacterium in there too. When mixing things willy nilly, you can never be certain of all the risks and safety, not to mention the possible allergens - something that will be a problem here since the GMO industry has prevented us from knowing what's in our food.
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I agree with this statement.
Agribacterium tumifaciens has been genetically modifying plants for thousands of years!! You can never be certain of all the risks, of course. Naturally occurring plants contain lots of allergens also. I can't eat raw peaches, apples, pears, plums, almonds, cherries, nectarines, apricots, or brazil nuts. Allergic to all of them. They all occur naturally. And guess what? Some food companies don't always include all of their ingredients on their product!
I'm not scared of eating GMO food, or organic food for that matter. I am scared to death of eating anything with almonds in it. This whole subject is kind of silly, really. GMOs are not "the problem". Ignorance and fear of change are the problem.
I'm not trying to start a flame war here, guys. I respect all of you. Just thought I'd try to shed some light on what you refer to as the "dark side."
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