Idiotic? REALLY?

"Nature itself generated the bubonic plague, AIDS, etc, etc."

Indeed.....

"Cross-fertilization has happened since the beginning of time: it's the essence of evolution"

Absolutely. And what has happened, historically, when humans have tried to interfere? Even on a seemingly minor scale, like the introduction of non-indigent species as pest control or aesthetic?

"On the other hand GM research might just save millions of lives in the Third world."

.....is the wrongest theory in the world. When I was a kid I was told that technology was important because in the future it might feed and clothe the world. Well it could - but not in THIS kind of world. Let you in on a not-very-secret: technology has ONE function and one function only.... it serves to speed up the flow of money from the poor to the rich. Any spin-offs or side-effects of that process are simply that ...spinoffs and side-effects and merely temporary.

Posted By: Suggy, Jul 25, 20:49:41