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To: Bill Ulrich who wrote (37457)	4/2/2004 6:42:56 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793964

It's the New Superstition. Anti-rationalist. There is no evidence that GM foods are harmful. We eat it everyday in the States, to no discernible ill effects to my knowledge. The canard is that it is "unnatural". So is every domesticated crop we eat. Corn and wheat aren't naturally that way. They were "engineered" by humans. The difference is we can "engineer" those foods in months, instead of centuries, with finer precision. To the benefit of us all - no Malthusian future for any of us, if we wish it. Derek

To: Bill Ulrich who wrote (37457)	4/2/2004 9:04:32 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793964

re: GM crop whining. Yet another Leftism. How do you suppose that got to be a leftism? Shouldn't GM be a concern of the conservatives? Here we are "going down some ultra-modern path without fully understanding the implications, screwing around with food products given to us by God." Like, that's a tailor-made conservative bugaboo. Despoiling the environment, in general, is a tailor-made conservative bugaboo. Funny how the issue got flip-flopped over the business aspects.