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To: Mase
You've been eating genetically modified food your entire life. As a matter of fact, every single agricultural product available in our food supply has been genetically modified. And we are living longer, on average, than at any other time in human history.

Ah .... I see you are using the NewSpeak definition of GMO which is not even the Monsanto definition.
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Not only do those who lack fact resort to ridicule, but they also resort to deception and language manipulation. That is a trait usually found in progressives and collectivists.
55 posted on 09/29/2014 6:58:21 AM PDT by khelus
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To: khelus
I see you are using the NewSpeak definition of GMO which is not even the Monsanto definition.

Ok, grab a brain and try and stay with me. Every single agricultural product out there is GMO. This is a fact and only a moron would try to dispute it. In other words, every single ag product we have access to is a genetically modified organism.

It doesn't matter if it has been genetically modified through selective breeding, hybridization, or via a gene gun. This makes absolutely no difference. The end product is a genetically modified organism (GMO).

In the past, with selective breeding and hybridization, we would throw things together in a random fashion and then hope for the best. It was time consuming, and in most cases, we didn't get what we'd hoped for. Even when we did, there were no tests run to determine whether or not this new product was safe. Today, instead of using the old technology, we determine what traits we want to add or subtract, and then do it without screwing with the other genes. That way, we get exactly what we wanted in a very short period of time..... and we get it without potentially messing up the remaining genetic structures and avoid creating something that might actually be harmful to humans.

There are only the old methods of genetically modifying plants or animals and new methods of genetically modifying plants or animals. Both methods will deliver a genetically modified organism. Allow me to also add that taking genetic code from non-related organisms and splicing it together has been done by nature since forever. Yes, it happens all the time. If nature can do this without you getting you all clenched up, why can't humans?

Those are the facts, and they are undisputed.....except by scientific illiterates who don't know the first thing about biological science. I don't understand why you guys are so eager to advertise the fact that you learned less in all of your education than most kids have by time they enter the 7th grade.

You should be embarrassed.

66 posted on 09/29/2014 9:05:31 AM PDT by Mase (Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
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