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  Is the very idea of GMO even ethical?

  The debate between GMO's being good or bad is all well and good.  But shouldn't we first decide whether it is even our place to be patenting lifeforms?  I think nature has done a pretty good job at creating a very diverse cast of creatures on this planet and it is a pretty big thing for us (just one of those creatures) to say that we now have the right to create/destroy life forms.  I suppose it can be argued that it is good we are now creating life forms to replace the ones we have eliminated.  But I would still have to differ to nature being the sole entity with the right to create new creatures.  3.5 billion years of practice is nothing to laugh at.  Life on Earth has gotten to this point because all the creatures (save for us at this point) have allowed the natural progression of changes to go on unaided.  

  Looking at what "Frankenfoods" we have created however forces one to look at our eating habits.  EVERYTHING we eat in the US contains corn.  Ok not 100% of our food but 99.999999% does contain corn in some fashion.  These foods do not look anything like corn but, nonetheless, corn must be grown to make them.  Perhaps if we ate a more diverse diet and did not hinge our food security on the success of one single creature we would not even need to be "inventing life" or having this discussion.

  Jonas, I agree that science and technology can help the "billions of food insecure" but the technologies they are getting are in fact exacerbating their situation.  And by the way, that technology is coming from the "bourgeois" you seem to dislike.  Going back to "traditional" farming does not mean medieval serfs tending the land.  It means reforming a connection between the land and people.  Without reconciling with the soil, it will eventually politely tell us NO MORE! and stop producing...perpetuating more technology designed to force the soil to do what we want (aka rape).On Prince Charles sparked controversy when he expressed doubt in GM crops posted 1 year, 3 months ago 53 Responses

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  Revamp your view on nature my friend

  Nature is not our enemy ever.  Last I checked we are all a part of nature.  A very BIG part!  I live in the middle of a National Park surrounded by bears, bugs, and all manner of other beasts.  NONE of them are trying to kill me.  Nature does not function as kill or be killed competition.  Cooperation is the only way that life can exist on Earth.  Go live in the woods for a little while my friend and you will learn quickly that nothing wants to kill you.  You are simply a small part of a larger picture as each of us are.  This Human vs. Nature mentality is EXACTLY what is causing the imbalance we are faced with every day.On The toll of agriculture and hundred-year rains on Wisconsin's farmland posted 1 year, 4 months ago 9 Responses