> Worldwide conformity kills Kiwis' GM-free option
>
> Sunday Star Times, NZ
> March 21, 1999
>
> THE genetically modified food controversy is not just about what we eat.
> There are far larger dimensions to the debate, such as the lack of
> democratic decision-making, the claims of science to supremacy over other
> paradigms and ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
For the record: The pro-GE position is not based on science, but on the
corruption of science, and on economic ideas (monopolization of markets).
The same article provides some other examples of this a few lines later:
> People have reacted suspiciously to claims of
> scientists that this technology is safe. Barely a week goes by when we
> don't hear of some scientific disaster -- nuclear test sites that are
> leaking, contraceptives that cause blood clots, health effects from
> contaminated polio vaccines given 40 years ago, compensation for women
> with silicone breast implants.
Condemnation of science is the wrong answer. It takes _more_ science (less
corruption of it), not less science, to prevent desasters like the above.
Chris
