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Re:Unhealthy Fixation by jostmey on Wednesday July 15, 2015 @06:11PM (#9894375)
People have been breeding and cross-breeding our food supply for thousands of years. What can we do about that? I know! Let's use the Internet to identify which foods are pure. Then we can be sure to stick to just those foods when we shop at the grocery store.
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Re:Unhealthy Fixation by austinjp on Wednesday July 15, 2015 @07:16PM (#9894610)
I don't understand how this argument supports GMO. If anything, it weakens support for GMO.

Any programme that encourages rapid change in the germline in isolation from the wider ecology is asking for unpredictable outcomes when those isolated organisms come into contact with the environment that has not had the chance to exert selective pressures.

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Re:Unhealthy Fixation by rrss1122 on Wednesday July 15, 2015 @06:18PM (#9894400)
I wanna see that happen, if only to go to those organic groceries and see the disappointed looks on people's faces.
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Re:Unhealthy Fixation by pbreit on Wednesday July 15, 2015 @07:42PM (#9894738)
Breeding <> GMing. One is natural, the other is artificial. And that's precisely the point.
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Re:Unhealthy Fixation by NeutronBoy on Wednesday July 15, 2015 @07:56PM (#9894805)
There are a lot of natural things that are bad for you, and a lot of synthetic things that are not bad for you.
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Re:Unhealthy Fixation by pbreit on Wednesday July 15, 2015 @11:06PM (#9895321)
That may be but doesn't change the concern here with respect to food manipulation.
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