I'd be more than happy to name the adverse effects that genetic engineering have had on my health... but wait, there has been little research to find out *what* it might do to me.
I am referring here to it's widespread commercial use. I apologize, as I should have clarified. While research should go on unhindered, I am against just tossing something with so many unknowns into the market. The FDA does not simply gives drugs approval for use without extensive testing and research, so why are we putting millions of people at potential risk when almost no research on this subject has been done?
Oh, and the people whom are against nuclear weapons are bad too? I mean, since I'm not irradiated, I have no right to complain about that either? Wrong. While a little off, this example fits well into this arguement. It represents the same things.
The fact is that genetic engineering is affecting hundreds of millions of people. If I go to the store to by corn, I am probably buying genetically modified corn. So tell me again that I'm not being impacted by this.
Genetic engineering has such *far reaching* dangers and unknowns, it is terrifying to know that we are toying around with it and beginning to use it in everyday life.
This goes *beyond* religion. I has as much to do with basic logic and reason as it has to do with religion. Are you even aware of the number od *scientists* who are against this? I'd guess not.
I think much more needs to be done than for corporations to set a few standards. Genetic engineering can be the greatest thing mankind has been able to do since creating fire, but it can also be the most horrible discovery since we learned how to create nuclear weapons.
There is more to genetic engineering than just science. There are many religious implications as well. I'm not a religious person myself, but I feel that tampering with something that should be left alone is horrible.
I agree that engineering food to increase yields that would be able to feed millions of starving children is a good thing. But look at what we are doing, seriously. Instead of using genetic engineering to help people and improve the quality of life... we are making supergrass to keep golf courses green! Oh the wonders of science!
With such loose ethics, why not make children smarter before they are born? If we go that far, why not then give parents the right to choose who their children will be before they are concieved? This is very very wrong, and this is what will happen unless congress takes immediate action to fully regulate and restrict this dangerous industry.
We already know what havoc creatures can create if they are moved from their original home and place in a new environment. Yet we are willing to create new species and set them loose into the world without so much as a concern for what the impact on the environment might be?
Once that grass spreads beyond the golf courses and invades the yards of peoples' homes, how are they supposed to kill it without killing their own grass.
We are so quick to pass judgement on genetically engineering animals, but when it comes to plants (which can cause just as much damage to the environment, if not MORE) we are willing to modify them in any way possible and place them out into the world? It's sick. Any form of genetic engineering should be banned until more is known about it's effects and the ethics of it can be worked out.
It's rather sad that NASA's discoveries and such rarely make even the back page of the newspapers. There was a big hype right after the two rovers successfully landed, but note how about two weeks afterwards, people forgot that they even landed.
The American public grows bored with things very fast unless it is something that has to do with a sex scandle involving a politician or someone famous. When NASA announces something like "We found more of these smooth shiny spheres in the soil!" people often shrug and have no interest at all. All the people want are quick thrills and "big" discoveries. They overlook the fact that most science and groundbreaking discoveries only happen due to small realizations and lots of little facts pieced together slowly.
I bet when the discovery of this mineral that only forms in water is announced at the press conference, most Americans won't even know that there was a press conference.
The small discovery of this water-forming mineral will lead to more accurate theories that will lead to bigger discoveries. Such things shouldn't be downplayed, as this small discovery raises the chances of past/present life on Mars by an enormous amount!
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I'd be more than happy to name the adverse effects that genetic engineering have had on my health... but wait, there has been little research to find out *what* it might do to me.
I am referring here to it's widespread commercial use. I apologize, as I should have clarified. While research should go on unhindered, I am against just tossing something with so many unknowns into the market. The FDA does not simply gives drugs approval for use without extensive testing and research, so why are we putting millions of people at potential risk when almost no research on this subject has been done?
Oh, and the people whom are against nuclear weapons are bad too? I mean, since I'm not irradiated, I have no right to complain about that either? Wrong. While a little off, this example fits well into this arguement. It represents the same things. The fact is that genetic engineering is affecting hundreds of millions of people. If I go to the store to by corn, I am probably buying genetically modified corn. So tell me again that I'm not being impacted by this. Genetic engineering has such *far reaching* dangers and unknowns, it is terrifying to know that we are toying around with it and beginning to use it in everyday life. This goes *beyond* religion. I has as much to do with basic logic and reason as it has to do with religion. Are you even aware of the number od *scientists* who are against this? I'd guess not.
I think much more needs to be done than for corporations to set a few standards. Genetic engineering can be the greatest thing mankind has been able to do since creating fire, but it can also be the most horrible discovery since we learned how to create nuclear weapons. There is more to genetic engineering than just science. There are many religious implications as well. I'm not a religious person myself, but I feel that tampering with something that should be left alone is horrible. I agree that engineering food to increase yields that would be able to feed millions of starving children is a good thing. But look at what we are doing, seriously. Instead of using genetic engineering to help people and improve the quality of life... we are making supergrass to keep golf courses green! Oh the wonders of science! With such loose ethics, why not make children smarter before they are born? If we go that far, why not then give parents the right to choose who their children will be before they are concieved? This is very very wrong, and this is what will happen unless congress takes immediate action to fully regulate and restrict this dangerous industry.
We already know what havoc creatures can create if they are moved from their original home and place in a new environment. Yet we are willing to create new species and set them loose into the world without so much as a concern for what the impact on the environment might be? Once that grass spreads beyond the golf courses and invades the yards of peoples' homes, how are they supposed to kill it without killing their own grass. We are so quick to pass judgement on genetically engineering animals, but when it comes to plants (which can cause just as much damage to the environment, if not MORE) we are willing to modify them in any way possible and place them out into the world? It's sick. Any form of genetic engineering should be banned until more is known about it's effects and the ethics of it can be worked out.
It's rather sad that NASA's discoveries and such rarely make even the back page of the newspapers. There was a big hype right after the two rovers successfully landed, but note how about two weeks afterwards, people forgot that they even landed. The American public grows bored with things very fast unless it is something that has to do with a sex scandle involving a politician or someone famous. When NASA announces something like "We found more of these smooth shiny spheres in the soil!" people often shrug and have no interest at all. All the people want are quick thrills and "big" discoveries. They overlook the fact that most science and groundbreaking discoveries only happen due to small realizations and lots of little facts pieced together slowly. I bet when the discovery of this mineral that only forms in water is announced at the press conference, most Americans won't even know that there was a press conference. The small discovery of this water-forming mineral will lead to more accurate theories that will lead to bigger discoveries. Such things shouldn't be downplayed, as this small discovery raises the chances of past/present life on Mars by an enormous amount!