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James-Osbourne: Holmes -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Nolan [mailto:ken...@optusnet.com.au] Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 8:18 AM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: CS>GMO ACTION ALERTS The general citizenry is being asked to make a blanket stand on an issue that is far from just black & white. Once you commit to something the strong tendency is to then remain committed regardless of subsequent developments - as evidenced in religious, political, even sporting allegiance. Fear and disinformation abounds on both sides of this one. Dangers need to be sensibly weighed against benefits. Political/corporate issues need to be separated from the purely scientific/technological issues. A TEMPORARY moratorium is something I would be resonably comfortable with. Forever banning GMO tech is a 'king Canute' fantasy - the potential benefits are too great - fears of being left behind by competitors will ensure this genie stays out of the bottle. Best thing is to firstly get acquanted with all the pro AND con arguments; eg http://mars.cropsoil.uga.edu/~parrottlab/forum2.htm. Kevin Nolan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Malcolm Stebbins" <s...@asis.com> To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 10:59 AM Subject: Re: CS>GMO ACTION ALERTS > Well, I'll look for your elsewhere comments, but "Reckless behaviour ... and > unforseen adverse results ..." are exactly the reasons I WOULD urge a blanket > prohibition on the commercial exploitation of GMO's. Commerce, which is > roughly equivalent to 'big business' has demonstrated a terrifying ability to > ignore any indicator other than the dollar sign in its development, production > and marketing protocols, which have included the buying of everything from > phony test results to governments (in whole or in part), the concealment of > evidence contrary to their monetary best interests, subornation, character > assasination, "the Big Lie", the little lies, and sizes in between, and general > behaviour that would shame a banana slug. > No, I do not want these jerks to have any more control over my life than they > already exert, in fact less; I consider them not only harmful, but evil in the > most coherent and acceptable definition of that word. > Malcolm > > Kevin Nolan wrote: > > > Hi Gary, > > Totally agree that labelling GM food as GM is a must . That > > is far from all that was asked though. What disturbed me was something else > > you wrote: > > > > "Please urge your Senators and Representative to resist these > > >> initiatives. Tell them that you don't want to eat genetically engineered > > >> food!" > > > > To me that is urging an atavistic, blanket rejection of the very concept of > > GMO's. Reckless behaviour by greedy, irresponsible companies and unforseen > > adverse results from applying GM technology are NOT in my view grounds to > > throw the baby out with the bathwater. I comment more elsewhere on this > > important topic you have properly raised. > > > > Kevin Nolan -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
