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Re: Moratorium Called on Genetically Modified Foods



Oz <Oz@upthorpe.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <jtoth-2807961502470001@wash15.fairfield.com>, Joe Toth
><jtoth@fairfield.com> writes
>>Dr John Hagelin's Natural Law Party is calling for a total moratorium on
>>the release of genetically modified
>>organisms. 


Every time you select the best vegies from your garden and keep the seed 
to plant next year, you have selected genetically modified food. 
Scientists have just been able to responsibly identify methods of 
speeding up the natural selection process. The traditional selection 
process used by some less than knowledgable animal breeders resulted in 
the Pug breed of dog having such a distorted, flat nose that the poor 
animals could not eat and either starved to death or had to be destroyed. 
Labradors in England were so inbred for purity that a whole line of Hip 
displaysia prone dogs had to be destroyed or prevented from breeding - 
these dogs had and continue to have a miserable old age crippled with 
arthritis. Pigs were selected and bred for long backs to produce more 
rashers of bacon to the point that they were unable to bear their own 
weight on such elongated spines. Give me  a scientist who knows what they 
are doing any day over the old hit and miss back yard breeder!!

Nothing wrong with genetically improved food - noone is breeding Triffids 
you know - get over the paranoia and get some proper information.


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