Originally Posted by
CenturionIM
...... people don't starve because, oh, we produce enough food for the entire global population with GMO technology? Oh please. Just read some news. Take a look around you. Here in US, the richest country in the world, 15 million children are food insecure. They starve because they cannot "afford" it.
So... you're "pro" starving? That's interesting. Or do you just want it both ways.... grow far less food... at much greater prices... yet everyone still eats?
Originally Posted by
CenturionIM
More than anything what this huge surplus of soy and corn, Monsanto's favourite children, did was to add fructose syrup to EVERYTHING and add alcohol to gasoline. Otherwise they will all go to waste. For some reason huge subsidies was given to these farms that causes worse health for everyone in America.
I am also anti-alcohol fuels! Food is for eating... NOT for powering automobiles. But Monsanto didn't do that our government did (BOTH party's). And Monsanto isn't in the packaged food business... they have NO corn syrup receipts. BTW... where is this HUGE surplus of corn and soybeans kept?
Originally Posted by
CenturionIM
And please, do not even talk about how people "genetically modified" plants from way back. Yes they bred plants. Yes, they saw a desirable trait (like banana with less seeds) that OCCURRED NATURALLY and tried to select the trait and bred more banana trees with less seeds. It is a long process, taking centuries and we are working WITH what nature gave us.
The processes continued for century's.... it didn't "TAKE" centuries. How stupid do you think humans were before you?
Didn't you study Mendel?!?!?!
Originally Posted by
CenturionIM
Now GMO technology is very different. Scientist specifically CREATED and INSERTED genes into these plants. For example Monsanto inserted a antibiotic producing gene from a bacteria to corn plants to resist diseases. The problem is we do not understand fully what inserted gene will do beside that. We do not have that full understanding of how a changed genome can work. And this human modification is WAY TOO FAST if you compare it to natural selection and mutation. We are playing god and it's our ecosystem on the line. These plants become super plants and kills off they "less evovled" cousin.
Whoa.... cyborg plants and mad scientists? Sorry... no polite ways to address that rant.
Originally Posted by
CenturionIM
oh, DNA and genes have always existed in plants. It doesn't matter to them if Monsanto just add "a little extra". This enrages me to no ends. To the FDA, putting antibiotic producing gene belonging to bacterias into corn plants is just fine and require no testing. Just splendid. How marvelous.
So... you didn't know that like animals.. plants also produce natural antibiotics? Your lack of plant knowledge may scare the begeebees out of you... but your lack of knowledge... doesn't worry ME.
I actually had my children vaccinated!