Keith,
I think that you are touching something very important issue here and I will suggest a list of motives for GM+, please add to it, 1. Copying of individual species, cloning is a sort of GM. This can be/is translated to a business, but the original can most of the time not be subject to copy right/owner ship. 2. Gene correction in individuals. This is a growing technique, beneficial and a part of health business. 3. Gene modifications in food supply. The major worry is the possibility of crop monopolization as business venture. With strong patent and copy right laws a crop can potentially be owed by a company. Regardless if the GM is useless/useful/dangerous, it can with efficient marketing and patent/copyright legislation be owned by a corporation. By pushing out the use of the natural and free variants, the corporation becomes the owner of a specie and it is no limit for the potential business benefits. GM then becomes more of a Brand marketing than something useful for humanity and the potential risks for misuse or damage is higher. You already see this by the US very strong push for world wide protection of patents and copyrights. 4. Real beneficial GM, without involvement of commercial benefits, could also be an alternative. Will probably be better researched and higher demands of proof of usefulness and better risk assessment. You are welcome to add to the list. I wanted to say this because I belive that what we mostly discuss is alternative 3 and this is a very disgraceful, disgusting and destructive alternative. I am not prepared to write of potential benefits in GM, but think that any GM should not be protected by patents or copyrights and the same should be valid for some medical treatments, products and procedures. This would be the best protection for humanity. Hakan At 04:49 PM 8/8/2003 +0900, you wrote: > > > > Better in which way? > >... or maybe, better for whom? > >Keith ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for Your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at Myinks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/l.m7sD/LIdGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
