Re: [CH] question for a big brain
jocelyn berg (dygurkem@hotmail.com)
Wed, 15 Aug 2001 12:27:08 -0400
>Sure! Let's inflict catastrophic damage to a significant
>portion of our environment just for funsies! Bonus points
>to the first person to set off a world wide extinction event!
I think it's pretty weird to think that a pepper could cause our death and
take over the world, leaving us as slaves and weak like never before. Surely
we don't have the power to resist such a powerfull enemy, but maby just
digging the plants and burning them will do the thing!!!
Also, it's funny to call those things funsies. What I said is one, that I
know. But what about a new type of rice that produces vitamin A . It would
help the life of millions in small poor contries, but we surely wouldn't
want to take the chance to see a better rice take over the world, so lets
just watch the poor people die...
BTW, this type of rice as already been created by adding two genes to the
plant. It's safe, it works. Because of green peace, this rice cannot be
produced ( they said WE didn't needed that type of rice since we already
have a good one and other ways to get vitamin A ).
There are also genes modification for the benefict of environment. They
change a gene in pigs which makes their "crap" none toxic for the rivers.
Such a thing will probably be rejected again.
We also have to know that a gene modification only adds, remove a couple of
genes. We don't say a thing when we cross two types of plants together, like
some of us talk about doing with their peppers. It's funny cause this action
changes thousands of genes at random, but since it wasn't made under the
plastic outfit, it's no problem.
So maybe gene modification ain't just little funsies that we do during the
weekends! Maybe we're not investing millions of dollars to have a little fun
during our pass time!
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