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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LightPhoenix" data-source="post: 2302925" data-attributes="member: 115">I'm ambivalent on the whole organic vs. processed debate, because I really do see and understand the merit of both sides of the argument.   However, I never understand the whole anti-genetic modification sentiment.  For example, wheat has been genetically engineered for thousands of years.  Corn isn't even capable of reproducing on it's own, and hasn't been for some time.  Cows, pigs, chickens, and all sorts of animals have been specifically bred for thousands of years to produce stronger, healthier animals.  Hell, we've done it for entertainment too, with dogs. Yes, I can understand why the insertion of genes into wheat to make them, for example, glow under a black-light (and now I'm going to have to bring one to the store with me some time, to test that <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />) is icky and moreover unnecessary.  After all, that gene is producing a strange chemical, and that chemical may have unforeseen side effects.  And I certainly don't trust the FDA (who I assume you meant, since they have say over this stuff, and not the USDA, IIRC) to act in the best interests of humans over corporations.  I mean, this is the group that genetically modifies hearty crops to not reproduce, so farmers have to buy new seeds every year.  Then again, there are a number of implementations that have been beneficial - resistance to certain diseases, for example.  They've helped prevent large scale disease outbreaks like the potato famine that his Ireland. Like I said, ambivalent.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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