Posted by jwmfarms on February 01, 2012 at 08:52:10 from (71.176.195.253):
In Reply to: Re: Just label it! posted by John in La on February 01, 2012 at 07:35:36:
I was not refering to the production of human milk from a cow, but to the topic in general.
GMO stands for genetically modified organism. Fences allow a farmer to seperate his animals so they cannot breed unrestricted. AI allows him to breed not only to the animal of his choice, but said animal does not even to be on the premises (or same continent for that matter)! Such selective breeding, as opposed to open breeding by the every male on scene, has allowed the farmer/researcher/breeder to "genetically modify" the organism (in this case an animal) to his liking/specifications.
The same can be said for plants. So called "non-GMO" crops that are grown are mostly hybrids, cross-bred to select the best traits fron two or three different parents. Even open pollinated varieties were developed by selecting seed from plants that showed certain desirable traits, for a particular usage. All of these types of breeding and selecting for certain traits are, technically' "genetic egineering" thereby creating a "genetically modified organism".
I hear all of this propaganda about GMO crops being bad. Bad for who? The farmer who can raise more food on the same/less acres, thereby negating the need to clear more land, and saving the precious rainforest (not that I am at all against that).
It also allows for higher prodution with less labor, which is good since there are less farmers than there used to be. Let's see, fewer farmers feeding more people on the same or less acres. Yeah, that's got to be bad for somebody, right?
Or maybe it is bad for the millions of people who have been, and will be, saved from starvation. Should we just let them die? This brings us to the question of who decides who dies and who lives.
You see, I have thought a lot about this. I think I have good reasons for believing the way I do. Since I don't agree with you, I doubt you will consider my argument to be reasonable, but that's okay with me. You are entitled to your opinion of people who think like me, just as I am entitled to my opinion of people who think like you. You see, if we all thought alike, somebody might decide we were "genetically modified organisms" and want us destroyed. Come to think of it, we are, in most cases. I would hope that at least some of our parents were selective in who they bred with. I know mine were.
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