There is nothing novel about pointing out that seedless watermelons are by definition not GMO because they cannot be patented. Sure, we can "modify" genes through cross-breeding; that is not in discussion here, however. Only modifications drastic enough to be considered new to the agricultural arts can be considered for patent protection, aka GMO.
Therefore, your mentioning something that can't be patented and claiming this is genetic modification is trolling, ie. bringing up irrelevant data points that do not in any way refer to the argument at hand in order to clutter the relevant discussion and scuttle discourse. It's the monkey dance, pure and simple.
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Date: 2014-08-03 05:34 pm (UTC)Therefore, your mentioning something that can't be patented and claiming this is genetic modification is trolling, ie. bringing up irrelevant data points that do not in any way refer to the argument at hand in order to clutter the relevant discussion and scuttle discourse. It's the monkey dance, pure and simple.