Chipotle Says Adios to GMOs, as Food Industry Strips Away Ingredients

Re:Chipotle Says Adios to GMOs, as Food Industry Strips Away... by Vendan on Tuesday April 28, 2015 @08:54AM (#9451835)

and before that we genetically modified them through forced selection. Modern crops(pre-GMO even) bear little to no resemblance to what they were originally. Anti-GMO sentiment is bullcrap.

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Re:Chipotle Says Adios to GMOs, as Food Industry Strips Away... by researcher88 on Tuesday April 28, 2015 @09:00AM (#9451875)

Isn't there a difference though?

If I want to have a Scandinavian child, I just reproduce with someone from Sweden.

If I want my child to be immune to the sun and skin cancer, I just add a gene from the leaf of a tree, inject it into his DNA and see what happens?

I support GMOs but nuance is important.

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Re:Chipotle Says Adios to GMOs, as Food Industry Strips Away... by splawn on Tuesday April 28, 2015 @09:24AM (#9452094)

"nuance is important"

Says someone comparing plants with human children to make a point. (And no, not much of a difference, other than with modern technique we have more control over the results)

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Re:Chipotle Says Adios to GMOs, as Food Industry Strips Away... by narrowrail on Tuesday April 28, 2015 @10:11AM (#9452443)

Perhaps the example was not the best, but surely you see the difference between splicing DNA from different species, and selecting certain specimen based on desired traits?

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Re:Chipotle Says Adios to GMOs, as Food Industry Strips Away... by splawn on Tuesday April 28, 2015 @11:11AM (#9452901)

I see the difference in the "means" (and one is way faster\efficient), but not in the "ends".

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