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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (941)	12/25/2002 2:39:17 PM
From: William B. Kohn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15987

Frankly, I could give a Sh*t if Europe doesn't want to eat US grown food, what ever the reason. But when they blackmail African countries facing famine, forcing them not to take US foodstuff's into the country, then I think they take their elitism to a new level, and that is my objection. Just another example of European hypocracy. bill@idrathereatgeneticallymodifiedfoodsthancrow.com

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (941)	12/25/2002 3:44:21 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15987

<<Oh come on now Zonder... Hybrids have been grown by all countries for decades now... >> A little longer than that. Our corn was originally bred from Gamma Grass by the Aztecs before Columbus was a twinkle in his dad's eye. Gamma Grass- floridata.com It sure doesn't look like corn does it? I think Zonder means GMO grains instead of hybrids. GMO is relatively new, kind of like DNA testing, and a lot of people just don't understand it. The first product was taking the rot gene out of a tomato. Same food but it wouldn't rot as quickly. To me that sounds like a good idea. There's a GMO rice now that contains vitamin A. If people in backward nations would get over that it's voodoo there would be 100,000 fewer kids going blind every year from a vitamin A shortage.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (941)	12/26/2002 4:50:42 AM
From: zonder	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15987

Hawk - Obviously I meant (and said) genetically modified food, not hybrids. Americans are fat because they are becoming so technological that they don't exercize (or work) nearly as hard as they once did... What is this about obesity being a hormone disorder, then? I lack the information (and the education) to judge whether or not genetically modified food (or food stuffed with growth hormones, as I hear theorized) is in some way responsible for the +60% overweight/obese in American population, but I doubt if it can be explained entirely by lack of excercise. (Of course anyone who has set food inside IHOP even once knows the PORTIONS in the US have something to do with it as well <g> )