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To: Ish who wrote (100060)	3/30/2005 8:37:13 PM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Okay, herbicides, then. As a nonfarmer I have a bit of the idea right (poisons!) but not the precision of speech. If I were a farmer, I would be an organic farmer, because that is what I believe in. I am not as interested in making vast profits as doing something without worrying about Monsanto or toxic chemicals. But I do believe that organic farmers in the end will prevail, because there is more demand for their crops. I would not even think of buying tofu tainted by non-organic GMO soybeans. Sometimes virgins have interesting ideas about sexual experiences, their imaginations running wild and everything . . .

To: Ish who wrote (100060)	3/31/2005 12:28:31 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I don't know how we got into pesticides since we were talking GMO and herbicides What about Bt? Isn't that germane when discussing GMO? Certainly, Bt qualifies as a pesticide. While Bt may not be in the soy bean gene stock (yet), it is not impossible for lateral gene transfers through bacterial or viral means to move Bt out of cotton and corn into other plants. Doesn't it seem imprudent to introduce alien genes, especially bacterial pesticide toxin genes, into food stocks? The comparison to sexual knowledge, a mostly first person experience, to scientifically debatable agricultural practices is inapt. Visiting farms to develop an informed opinion about the imprudence of GMO as done in the U.S. by Monsanto and DuPont is no more required than a visit to the center of the sun to be informed on the Carbon cycle of nuclear fusion.