Re: Fwd: Controversy over genetically modified organisms (fwd)

1999-01-15 Thread Eva Durant
> ... > > > >Africa has is just now reached its physical limits and is beginning a > >massive dieoff -- population control by increasing death rate instead of > >decreasing birth rate > > Is this really true? (see simultaneous article, Will Humans Overwhelm > the Earth? > In Afrika wars and AI

Re: Fwd: Controversy over genetically modified organisms (fwd)

1999-01-14 Thread Jay Hanson
- Original Message - From: Caspar Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Africa has is just now reached its physical limits and is beginning a >>massive dieoff -- population control by increasing death rate instead of >>decreasing birth rate > >Is this really true? (see simultaneous article, Will H

Re: Fwd: Controversy over genetically modified organisms (fwd)

1999-01-13 Thread Caspar Davis
At 9:45 AM -1000 1/13/99, Jay Hanson wrote: - Original Message - From: David Burman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >I think the issues in genetic engineering are not whether it is moral or >diabilical, but the introduction of hitherto unknown elements into the >natural world - mixing genes from di

Re: Fwd: Controversy over genetically modified organisms (fwd)

1999-01-13 Thread Caspar Davis
At 9:45 AM -1000 1/13/99, Jay Hanson wrote: ... > >Africa has is just now reached its physical limits and is beginning a >massive dieoff -- population control by increasing death rate instead of >decreasing birth rate Is this really true? (see simultaneous article, Will Humans Overwhelm the Earth

Re: Fwd: Controversy over genetically modified organisms (fwd)

1999-01-13 Thread David Burman
I think the issues in genetic engineering are not whether it is moral or diabilical, but the introduction of hitherto unknown elements into the natural world - mixing genes from different species in one organism. It is not at all far fetched to imagine new human genetic diseases being introduced f

Re: Fwd: Controversy over genetically modified organisms (fwd)

1999-01-13 Thread Jay Hanson
- Original Message - From: David Burman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >I think the issues in genetic engineering are not whether it is moral or >diabilical, but the introduction of hitherto unknown elements into the >natural world - mixing genes from different species in one organism. It is >not at

Re: Fwd: Controversy over genetically modified organisms (fwd)

1999-01-12 Thread Eva Durant
I found this post informative, so I forwarded it to you as the science is a bit lacking in fw. Eva Kevin wrote: >I guess my first question is: How is this diabolical genetic engineering >any different from the time-honoured practice of breeding? Farmers, >cattlemen, ranchers, all intervene