(...somehow they forgot that the old hybrid grain seeds are also genetically modified, just in a more traditional low-tech way.)
Remember reading only a few weeks back (iowahawk?) about the recent demise of an old Iowan farmer who had toiled for decades to bring third world farms up to first world production capacities (not to mention helping first world operations improve). GM was unknown then, but this did not deter him. GM is no magic wand promising naught but good, but if it helps the breeding process achieve its goals more easily, I am certainly not standing ready with boos and hisses.