On 7/23/06, Daniel Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
But the case for strict regulation is undermined by the fact that the anti-GM movement is dominated, like the anti-stem-cell movement, by people whose chief problem with the stuff is that it is science.
This is a dubious assertion. Off the top of my head, who do I associate with the anti-GM movement? People like George Monbiot, Vandana Shiva, groups like Greenpeace, Milieudefensie here in Holland. Such opponents aren't driven by some kind of irrational dislike for technology. Similar to the anti-nuke crowd, they simply see it as a technology with too many liabilities. Aside from the potential environmental dangers or lack thereof, one can also oppose GM foods simply on economic grounds, as an attempt to increase corporate control of the food chain (cf, the "terminator gene"). -- Colin Brace Amsterdam
