Message from @GingaBomber

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2018-07-09 02:24:03 UTC  

Even in salt water, should solve food supply shortages in areas closer to the coastal areas.

2018-07-09 02:24:19 UTC  

So my family has always been part of the anti GMO group.

2018-07-09 02:24:34 UTC  

So they are saying that this is bad news.

2018-07-09 02:25:11 UTC  

The only answers I am getting is stuff like "its unnatural" or that its "healthier" than the organic options.

2018-07-09 02:26:14 UTC  

Has it been tested/grown?

2018-07-09 02:26:23 UTC  

Supposedly.

2018-07-09 02:26:49 UTC  

But its been decades since GMOs are around, and I still dont think I got a straight answer as to its health effects.

2018-07-09 02:27:14 UTC  

And it felt like the anti gmo crowd were the first to cry foul of it.

2018-07-09 02:28:06 UTC  

That just speaks uninformed to me.

2018-07-09 02:30:15 UTC  

I think being uninform is okay, but the willingness to listen and accept the 'truth' is more important

2018-07-09 02:31:50 UTC  

I mean, its a dirty word as of now, but how much of that is from fearmongers, concerned citizens, or from actual results.

2018-07-09 02:31:56 UTC  

We've been genetically modifying our food for as long as we've been growing it. Doing it through artificial selection vs more modern means isn't what matters

2018-07-09 02:32:04 UTC  

It's the end result that does

2018-07-09 02:32:04 UTC  

They say its different

2018-07-09 02:32:16 UTC  

And that splicing is bad because its manmade and unnatural.

2018-07-09 02:32:32 UTC  

There's nothing really to argue against there.

2018-07-09 02:32:43 UTC  

Lots of stuff is unnatural. Doesn't mean it's bad.

2018-07-09 02:33:01 UTC  

Now, the legal practices behind GMOs are something to complain about

2018-07-09 02:33:09 UTC  

Isn't curare natural?

2018-07-09 02:34:59 UTC  

Thats my only issue with it

2018-07-09 02:35:20 UTC  

Mosanto's treatment of farmers does not help with the GMO situation

2018-07-09 02:35:52 UTC  

There's also the possibility of weaponizing GMO bacteria/parasites

2018-07-09 02:36:27 UTC  

I wouldn't go so far as saying that we GMO our food since we've been growing it, rather we selectively breed most of them

2018-07-09 02:43:48 UTC  

All that matters is that the food should go to the people who will need it most. Prompt help will be more useful than delayed help.

2018-07-09 02:46:19 UTC  

But the problem with GMO is that we are not sure of it's long term effects to the ecology and to the human body

2018-07-09 02:46:41 UTC  

SO heres the thing.

2018-07-09 02:46:48 UTC  

I think that's reasons for most people to distrust GMO

2018-07-09 02:46:53 UTC  

THe people who are starving now. Which will help them live longer.

2018-07-09 02:47:13 UTC  

Some food? Or something that keeps them alive longer but will kill them assuming GMOs do that.

2018-07-09 02:47:37 UTC  

Its counting on the GMOs keeping them alive long enough for a better alternative to come along.

2018-07-09 02:47:57 UTC  

Or else there will be no one to help when that alternative comes about

2018-07-09 02:48:49 UTC  

True, I think it's okay to grow it first, based on the benefits that it helps people, until we have a better alternative

2018-07-09 02:49:36 UTC  

But I'm worried for the future where we do have a GMO, but it's long term effect might be hard to reverse or even irreversible

2018-07-09 02:53:00 UTC  

There are a actually facilities that archive seeds of all kind in preparation for emergencies.

2018-07-09 02:53:03 UTC  

The only thing I can see that is ireversible by then, would be reliance on it.

2018-07-09 02:53:37 UTC  

Imagine if all GMOs died, youd have alot of people starving if they fall back to previous seed strains.

2018-07-09 02:54:08 UTC  

Like currently?

2018-07-09 02:54:16 UTC  

Yea

2018-07-09 02:54:29 UTC  

Exactly, we have plants that end up getting wiped out by disease.

2018-07-09 02:54:36 UTC  

Since all of them are the same.

2018-07-09 02:54:53 UTC  

Yeah, biodiversity is important here for sure.