Re: Protesters swarm Calif. biotech meeting

From: John K Clark (jonkc@att.net)
Date: Mon Jun 23 2003 - 13:03:26 MDT

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    "Alfio Puglisi" <puglisi@arcetri.astro.it> Wrote:

    >The problem is that it's very difficult to know if some
    >packaged food you found in the supermarket is made
    >with GM food or not. I'm totally in favor
    >of clear labels and such.

    I'm a libertarian so I have no objection to a GM label on a can of peas, and
    for the same reason I have no objection to having the astrological sign of
    the man who packed the peas into the can on the label too, but I do object
    to forcing somebody to do either of those things. Forget GM, if people are
    worried about the food supply they should demonstrate against the huge
    amount of antibiotics injected into millions of cows and chickens that helps
    bacteria develop resistance to those drugs; and also complain about the
    unsanitary and unusual culinary practices in China that gave us SARS and
    many varieties of influenza. There is little doubt those two things have
    killed people, lots and lots of people, GM food almost certainly never hurt
    anybody.

                 John K Clark jonkc@att.net



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