tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657459.post108481072267428167..comments2023-09-09T17:41:33.146+03:00Comments on HISTOLOGION: taloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13680864841710474232noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657459.post-1104157669484218692004-12-27T16:27:00.000+02:002004-12-27T16:27:00.000+02:00old comments
Young Fogey:
You might know I t...<B>old comments</B> <br /><br /><br />Young Fogey:<br /><br />You might know I take a different slant on this issue from you… but nonetheless I feel I have to make a general point that we're all very keen to laud UN reports when they support things we believe and slam them when they say things we don't like. Which highlights the wider problem of having absolutely no democracy in UN agencies. Which highlights yet another problem about creating democracy in an institution most of whose component parts are not democractes…<br /><br />On the other hand, while not being against GM, I agree there is a danger that it diverts people from the most pressing problem facing the planet - the grotesque differences in wealth levels within it.<br /><br />2004-05-17 23:32<br />talos:<br /><br />Well I'm not against biotechnology in general either… My problem is with the non-existent (or non-reported) independent testing of GM food and the lack of any meaningful studies of ecological impact of each introduced variety. In this respect I'm pretty much behind Pusztai's opinion that GM crops should be accepted eventually but only after a thorough evaluation of health and ecological effects of their introduction.<br />Of course that GM food is yet another step in the creation of a worldwide food oligopoly, makes it still less attractive as a prospect.<br /><br />As for the UN you're right… I can't say I have a pre-set opinion about the overall quality of the various UN organizations. It depends… This FAO report however is not about science, but about abandoning simple precautionary logic, and that is (to me) unacceptable…<br /><br />2004-05-17 23:55taloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13680864841710474232noreply@blogger.com