say non to GM - Join the Tractors & Trolley Parade - Monday 13th
Franz Heymann wrote:
[Snip] I don't know why you are shy of indicating who you are, but what I do know is that Mother Nature has been modifying the genes of all living objects since the beginning of life, and Homo sapiens has been doing the same at a vastly increased rate for the past three thousand years or so. Franz Bully for you. What has that got to do with it? |
say non to GM - Join the Tractors & Trolley Parade - Monday 13th
Peter Ashby wrote:
In article , bigboard wrote: Franz Heymann wrote: [Snip] I don't know why you are shy of indicating who you are, but what I do know is that Mother Nature has been modifying the genes of all living objects since the beginning of life, and Homo sapiens has been doing the same at a vastly increased rate for the past three thousand years or so. Franz Bully for you. What has that got to do with it? What it means is that if you think eating GM might be bad for you then stay away from all conventional crop varieties since we don't know what genetic changes happened to yield the required characters, unlike GM. Also don't eat cauliflower, Brussel sprouts or broccoli, all mutant cabbages. Who knows what genetic sequences caused these? some may have happened because, gasp!, a virus went haywire and disrupted some vital genes. Oh and also stay away from organge carrots, nature meant carrots to be green. I don't think that eating GM crops is necessarily bad for you, so the above paragraph is irrelevant. 1/10 for the patronising attitude, I've seen it done much better. GM is simply the application of extremely selective, controlled genetic change in place of non selective, uncontrolled genetic change which characterises conventional crop breeding. We could argue about dubious benefits for some particular applications of the technology, but that does not mean all uses of the technology are bad. Never said it did. |
say non to GM - Join the Tractors & Trolley Parade - Monday 13th
Peter Ashby wrote:
In article , bigboard wrote: Peter Ashby wrote: In article , bigboard wrote: Bully for you. What has that got to do with it? What it means is that if you think eating GM might be bad for you then stay away from all conventional crop varieties since we don't know what genetic changes happened to yield the required characters, unlike GM. Also don't eat cauliflower, Brussel sprouts or broccoli, all mutant cabbages. Who knows what genetic sequences caused these? some may have happened because, gasp!, a virus went haywire and disrupted some vital genes. Oh and also stay away from organge carrots, nature meant carrots to be green. I don't think that eating GM crops is necessarily bad for you, so the above paragraph is irrelevant. 1/10 for the patronising attitude, I've seen it done much better. Well since you think that then the first sentence indicates the above was not aimed at you ;-) Your first mistake was expecting me to read your post carefully! ;) |
say non to GM - Join the Tractors & Trolley Parade - Monday 13th
Franz Heymann wrote:
"bigboard" wrote in message ... Franz Heymann wrote: [Snip] I don't know why you are shy of indicating who you are, but what I do know is that Mother Nature has been modifying the genes of all living objects since the beginning of life, and Homo sapiens has been doing the same at a vastly increased rate for the past three thousand years or so. Franz Bully for you. What has that got to do with it? It appears to have escaped your attention that this thread has to do with the genetic modification of plants. Read before you write. Franz It appears your comprehension skills are non-existant. Please practice before you write. I suppose I'll have to spell it out for you. Natural and non-natural evolution also produce non-desirable effects. These effects cannot always be predicted. Genetic modification of any kind *can* be dangerous, and we should be careful before releasing any GM organisms into the wild. *Very* careful. |
say non to GM - Join the Tractors & Trolley Parade - Monday 13th
Franz Heymann wrote:
Yes. So?? I think we are probably in complete agreement on this Franz, just arguing at cross purposes! My view, and I think probably yours, is that genetic modification isn't intrinsically bad, but the implementation of it's results can have deleterious effects. I am extremely worried however, that the current regime of testing and certification is far too lax. |
say non to GM - Join the Tractors & Trolley Parade - Monday 13th
Franz Heymann wrote:
"bigboard" wrote in message I think we are probably in complete agreement on this Franz, just arguing at cross purposes! My view, and I think probably yours, is that genetic modification isn't intrinsically bad, but the implementation of it's results can have deleterious effects. I agree entirely with that. I am extremely worried however, that the current regime of testing and certification is far too lax. I agree that it is not a very well thought out procedure. Good! Let's get back to the gardening. :) |
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