Re: [CH] Here we go again...
Inagaddadavida, Baby (raelsixfour@home.com)
Thu, 23 Aug 2001 15:35:37 -0600
At 7:31 PM +0000 8/23/01, mstevens@exit109.com wrote:
>At 02:47 PM 8/23/01 -0400, Chet Bacon wrote:
>>Basically what burns me now is what I want to burn me down the road.. i.e...
>hot
>>chile peppers!
>>What I am concerned with is the fact that thousands of "experimental areas"
>are
>>being farmed without any safe guards to crossing into an adjacent area. Bees
>that
>>I keep don't ask whether or not they are cross pollinating modified plants or
>not,
>>they are just into collecting food supplies - upwards to 5-6 miles away.
>>Without any kind of standards or safe practices we could, and have gotten
>ourselves
>>into trouble. I, personally, am glad there are people out there
>>that cry wolf
>and
>>are genuinely concerned about their health and mine.
>
>I've been concerned with the spread of peppers bred to be mild even prior to
>the GMO era. Has anyone else gotten heatless jalepenos at the store in recent
>years?
>
>What bothers me about those scaremongering about any use of GM
>products is that
>they demand zero risk. It ain't gonna happen. Life is a terminal condition.
I do demand zero risk when it comes to my basic needs. And I demand
that those who fuck with nature do the honorable thing and act
responsibly when their creations go wrong. Such has not happened
yet, but considering the histories of most "lifescience" corporations
- Monsanto being the prime example - they do nothing when cornered
with their mistakes. The government does nother either other than a
slap on the wrist and a 50 million fine....which is change to
multibillion corporations. Monsanto's CEO gets paid that much in a
year probably.
Rael64