Re: More UK Opinon Polls on "GM Foods"

Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Sun, 12 Sep 1999 14:37:32 -0700

On Wednesday, September 08, 1999 4:57 PM Greg Burch wrote

>> Can someone explain how the multibillion dollar biotech industry is being
>>so soundly trounced in the arena of public opinion?

At 08:43 PM 8/09/99 +0100, Douglas replied, thinking (I guess) that he was being sarcastic:

[snip]

> Science is seen as the enemy
>in the form of evil Biotech Industries prepared to sacrifice public health
>in the pursuit of profit.

Quite. And?

Suppose Greg had asked: Can someone explain how the multibillion dollar cigarette industry is being
so soundly trounced in the arena of public opinion? (Except among gullible and biddable children.)

This is a Clue.

I wish it weren't.

Damien Broderick