tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30912075.post770090712424506628..comments2024-01-03T17:02:06.646+00:00Comments on ASTROTABLETALK: DNABarry Goddardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10050835957098177925noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30912075.post-45928089160040901232008-12-12T22:49:00.000+00:002008-12-12T22:49:00.000+00:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOMqwPxUx54http://w...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOMqwPxUx54<BR/><BR/>http://www.engdahl.oilgeopolitics.net/GMO/Monsanto/monsanto.html<BR/><BR/>http://www.engdahl.oilgeopolitics.net/GMO/Iraq_and_seeds_of_democracy/iraq_and_seeds_of_democracy.HTMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30912075.post-20427925269710828002008-12-12T15:42:00.000+00:002008-12-12T15:42:00.000+00:00Rossa, agreed, but the problem there is the way th...Rossa, agreed, but the problem there is the way these companies are being allowed to operate, not the GM itself.<BR/><BR/>AuthorMomWithDogs, agreed, that was one of the main dangers I was thinking of, and it needs monitoring. But the anti-GM lot won't even let that happen. Their public face is one of complete intolerance, which is why I think something else is fuelling their so-called concerns.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, the plants we have produced over the millenia by selective breeding go far further than any GM has so far, and they don't seem to have had a detrimental effect on other species through cross-breeding, and that seems to me to be relevant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30912075.post-83725215300254826322008-12-12T14:53:00.000+00:002008-12-12T14:53:00.000+00:00GM crops may work well in western farming situatio...GM crops may work well in western farming situations but I'm not convinced they truly benefit farmers from Africa or India. Maybe the banana growers were just desperate for any answer to their failing crops which they need to sell to make money to feed their families and survive.<BR/><BR/>Same in India. There have been various reports about the increase in suicides by farmers because the GM crops have failed up to 3 years in a row. A lot of very poor people put their faith in GM, had to borrow money to buy the seed at up to 100 times the cost of their usual crops and the seeds are sterile so when the crops fail they cannot even save what little they can to replant the following year. That for me is the true problem with GM. Yes the drought doesn't help but at least in previous droughts they usually managed to recover something and build up again or share their limited resources with each other.<BR/><BR/>What is even worse is that when a farmer commits suicide, his family is left with debts they cannot pay so they are left homeless and destitute and in a society that doesn't treat widows very well the misery just spreads even further. Where does that leave the children when the mother is an outcast and can't earn any money to feed them?Rossahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06121831076599069841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30912075.post-2994435140066847892008-12-11T18:05:00.000+00:002008-12-11T18:05:00.000+00:00I don’t believe in separating matter and spirit. I...<I>I don’t believe in separating matter and spirit. I think that matter is alive, and what we feel to be our spirit cannot be separated from our physical existence. This is why changes in physical structure, particularly in the brain, can have such a profound effect on people’s personalities.</I><BR/><BR/>I do think they are separate, or at least that consciousness resides not in any particular body but in all bodies. Personality is just a mask. At a deeper level, I feel we are just energy imprints, and we could take on other bodies and remain the same in our core. Our personalities would change, even maybe our type of intelligence, yet our core would not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30912075.post-23313195892935300602008-12-11T17:53:00.000+00:002008-12-11T17:53:00.000+00:00I know you're looking at the astrological signatur...I know you're looking at the astrological signatures but from a bio-sustainability point of view, here's one of the more dangerous problems with GM plants -- they cross with other open pollinated plants, which then can no longer be grown from seed. It seriously screws with biodiversity -- which is already at great risk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30912075.post-49317688453838015552008-12-11T16:53:00.000+00:002008-12-11T16:53:00.000+00:00Very interesting thoughts on DNA. I believe that w...Very interesting thoughts on DNA. I believe that we have no clue about the ramifications of messing with DNA. If the vegetables aren't broken why are we fixing them. The necessary humility when dealing with Science is sorely lacking in human beings. There is a force that is much greater than ours that organizes this world. Anyone who has lived very long can observe this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30912075.post-87286563813244201952008-12-11T15:55:00.000+00:002008-12-11T15:55:00.000+00:00Thank you for another thought provoking read.Crick...Thank you for another thought provoking read.<BR/>Crick's announcement: Was that 1953 or 1963?<BR/><BR/>mistyogaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com