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Look, I want to discuss whether or not there should be a ban on the
importation of growing plants. If you don't want to, it's a pity, but
it's none of my business. But I'm not in this thread ready to discuss
nuclear weapons, compulsory identity cards, the motives of New
Zealand lamb exporters, avian flu, the threatened strike of gas-men,
or any of the other tangential subjects which have popped up in this
thread. There is no point in filibustering.

Two senior scientists in the field seem to believe we should be
considering controls. You seem to feel that we don't need to. That's
fine; but so far the only reason you have produced is that any risk
there may be is trivial compared to climate change. That's fine, too;
but I think it's reasonable to consider both.

--
Mike.

Be far better to ban the importation of undesirable homo sapiens