Montreal Gazette – Opinion: A genetically modified salmon is just a fish

http://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-a-genetically-modified-salmon-is-just-a-fish

…”But that the mere fact that this salmon was genetically modified has raised a storm of protest. People are scared of GMOs because, to a large extent, they don’t understand the technology, and they They see it as something new and scary. That’s ironic, because we’ve been genetically modifying our food for thousands of years.“…

Actually if you can change that… rather then saying we have been modifying our food for thousands of years… to observing what nature has been doing since Life has taken root on the planet is a much better metaphor.

For a better understanding of human meddling into genetics… CIRCA 1866 AD.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_genetics

FAIRLY RECENT WOULDN’T YOU SAY ???

TO BE TRUTHFUL, WHAT PEOPLE MAYBE MORE AFRAID OF AND HAVEN’T PUT THEIR FINGER ON IT YET IS…

NOT THE CHANGES OF JUST TOMATO GENES INTO FISH POPULATIONS, BUT THE FACT OF THE FRIGHTENING CHANGE WITHOUT THE MORAL/ETHICAL DISCUSSION OF ‘SHOULD WE, JUST BECAUSE WE CAN’ ?

YOU CAN RUN ALL THE SIMULATIONS YOU WANT IN BIG SUPERCOMPUTERS OF WHAT THE GENETIC MODELS WILL LOOK LIKE… YET THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DATA ON THE LONG TERM EFFECTS OF SUCH RAPID CHANGE IN SUCH A SHORT TIME.

THE BEST APPROXIMATION OF ANY REAL DATA ON GENETIC CHANGES GONE WILD OFF THE RAILS…

DISABILITIES, PHYSICAL DEFORMATIONS, MISSING PARTS, PARTS GONE WRONG, MENTAL CHALLENGES, NO BRAINS….

DO YOU HONESTLY THINK ANY BIG GENETIC INDUSTRY WILL EVER PUBLISH OR DARE CROSS THAT LINE AND BE TRUTHFUL WITH THE PUBLIC IF SOMETHING HAS ALREADY HAPPENED OR POINTS TO IT HAPPENING ???

1 LOONIE IS MY BET – YOU CAN BET ALL YOU WANT THAT WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU’LL GET – RIGHT !

KEEP ON DREAMING THE BIG LIE !

WAKEY WAKEY WAKEY, YOU ARE NOT GOD NOR CAN ANY A.I. OR SUPERCOMPUTER PREDICT THE PERFECT FUTURE PICTURE.

LIFE FINDS A WAY AROUND ARTIFICIAL CHANGES TO CORRECT COURSES. SOMETIMES VIOLENTLY WHEN NO ONE WANTS TO LISTEN.

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