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Scotts Testing Genetically Modified Grass

Posted by michael on Saturday April 10, 2004 @04:48AM from the roll-the-concrete-over-it,-to-try-to-keep-it-back dept.

Caseyscrib writes "There is an article on Yahoo! News that talks about how Scotts is testing a genetically modified version of creeping bentgrass, popular on golf course greens and fairways, that will be resistant to a common weed-killing chemical. Environmentalists have long opposed bioengineered crops of any kind, and fear that '...if it was to escape onto public land, we wouldn't know how to control it.' It is now in the final stages of approval."

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Re:Un-american? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-10 05:41 · Score: -1, Troll

It means that being American is not be afraid. Unlike others (the French, Germans), we Americans aren't afraid to go where others fear. The USA is the greatest nation in the world precisely because we don't give the damn about what others think of us. If you don't like it, tough. Get off the planet, and make way for someone that wants to do it their way.