GMO (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gmo): "an organism or microorganism whose genetic material has been altered by means of genetic engineering."
They're GMO.
No, it's consistent. If people had issues with yellow bananas but not an issue with seedless grapes, they would be inconsistent.
But they're not doing that. They're differentiating between that breeding process and GMO bred plants.
Right, they have issues with one genetic modification, but not another.
As mentioned, it's the difference between the breeding results caused by people having sex vs genetically splicing a man with a horse for a glorious race of centaurs.
So you're saying that genetically modified food creates a new species?
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Date: 2014-07-31 09:55 pm (UTC)GMO (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gmo): "an organism or microorganism whose genetic material has been altered by means of genetic engineering."
They're GMO.
No, it's consistent. If people had issues with yellow bananas but not an issue with seedless grapes, they would be inconsistent.
But they're not doing that. They're differentiating between that breeding process and GMO bred plants.
Right, they have issues with one genetic modification, but not another.
As mentioned, it's the difference between the breeding results caused by people having sex vs genetically splicing a man with a horse for a glorious race of centaurs.
So you're saying that genetically modified food creates a new species?
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Date: 2014-07-31 10:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-07-31 10:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-07-31 10:34 pm (UTC)Methodology to obtain specific results matter. Selective breeding isn't GMO. It is a methodology that falls outside of that metric.
You can keep stomping your feet and say "anti-science!" but, as I said, there's a difference between selective breeding and GMO.
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Date: 2014-08-01 11:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-08-01 12:19 pm (UTC)So, yes, ignoring the critical detail that makes them different could give someone the excuse to say they're the same. But that would be silly.