At 8:16 AM 3/18/96, GC-ETCHISON, MICHAEL wrote: >Granting for the moment that inserting a gene from one plant (to >which someone is allergic) into another (to which he has never been >allergic), or developing "pesticide-resistant" plants (so that more >pesticide can be used, are Bad Things, how does it follow, as it does to >Mr. Sandler, that Kapitalism is to blame? Technology, yes (Ned Ludd, >call home) -- but why _Kapitalist_ technology (other than, perhaps, that >socialist nations might not have the money to spare for such endeavors)? >Or is it just that the Left of course could never do wrong? Comrade, if you think Marxism is a Luddite, anti-technological mode of thought, you better do some reading. Until you do, leave attempts at wit to people with sharper minds & tongues than yours. Doug -- Doug Henwood Left Business Observer 250 W 85 St New York NY 10024-3217 USA +1-212-874-4020 voice +1-212-874-3137 fax email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> web: <http://www.panix.com/~dhenwood/LBO_home.html>