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Avoiding GM Foods? Monsanto Says You're Overly Fussy
blackbeak writes "The BBC today characterized those who avoid GM foods as overly fussy, the very same day that the Wall Street Journal announced that picky eating may be recognized in the 2013 DSM as a psychiatric disorder. The DSM item refers to something completely different, though I'm sure many will confuse the two. Of course, this was not done without subterfuge; the BBC's author, Professor Jonathan Jones, in no way indicates his close ties to Monsanto. Point by point Jones regurgitates the same pro-GM arguments debunked numerous times all over the net for years, while serving up some stale half facts too."
I personally want Viagra laced foods. Us Amerikans have gots to out breed them darkies!
Nah I'm not raycyst I just lyke to fuck.
What? I'm sorry but you're argument makes no sense...
Without GM foods the world would be starving right now.
We should probably ban computers too, yah know to prevent a robot revolution from occurring.
While we're at it, let's stop working on nano tech, it could potentially result in a grey goo scenario.
Hell, why are we letting people work on medical technology? It's only going to result in overpopulation and exacerbate the situation between the Haves and the Have-Nots.
Are we going to have to assassinate these clowns to unclog government pores?
"The best way to find the problems is to put it into mass use."
I guess it works, that's how we found out DDT, cigarettes and asbestos are bad for you. We just see how many people die and decide whether it's enough to take it off the market or if corporate profits are more important. The problem is we already know people are having bad reactions to GM products but it's hard to pin down because there has been no testing and people don't realize what's making them sick. Let's say as an example they decide splicing a peanut gene helps preserve corn twice as long as regular corn. Hey your corn chips last twice as long with fewer preservatives. Where's the bad. Say you are allergic to peanuts and have been eating corn chips all your life. One day you eat a handful of corn chips and end up in the hospital. You aren't allergic to corn and they don't list peanut oil on the bag, which they are required to list, so you know it isn't the corn chips. You get home from the hospital and happily finish off the bag of chips only this time you die. Can't happen? Don't bet on it. You have no idea where the genes came from, other plants, animals or bacteria. Even if you have no allergies the new mix of genes may cause a reaction for you. That's just one potential problem. Wanta know what is likely to cause mass starvation in the very near future? A lack of biodiversity. What is keeping the world alive has been reduced to a few dozen species of food items. Yes there are still thousands of different foods consumed but staples number in the dozens. Ever hear of the potato famine? Millions died and it wasn't that long ago and they died in Ireland not some third world country. What if a type of corn crop fails and is no longer viable to grow commercially? We're facing that with Bananas right now and they are a staple in parts of the world. One problem with GM crops is they don't produce a dozen types it's more cost effective to produce one so everyone grows the same type of corn or wheat. Let's say you add a corn gene to wheat suddenly the corn may get wheat diseases. Whether it's GM or just focusing on a single strain a lack of biodiversity is the single biggest threat to world food with drought following close behind. FYI starvation isn't caused by a lack of GM crops it's caused by over population. GM crops don't address that problem they just kick the can down the road.
Everything they touch dies a horrible death.
Because obviously the next step is to stop them from having a SUV and a car and a huge suburban house. In fact it's well known the environmentalist movement wants to firebomb (in ecologically-friendly ways) all suburbs out of existence. (I do dislike suburbs, but repealing zoning laws would do wonders on that eyesore ;) )