Comments on: Amateurs Experimenting with Genetic Engineering at Home http://earthfirst.com/amateurs-experimenting-with-genetic-engineering-at-home/ A Sharp Eye -- With a Green Edge Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:43:40 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Roy http://earthfirst.com/amateurs-experimenting-with-genetic-engineering-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-5661 Roy Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:00:47 +0000 http://earthfirst.com/?p=3156#comment-5661 " If individuals are allowed to experiment with genetic engineering, then they need to be held to the same safety standards as labs." Then do I turn you in for your rose garden? Seriously, what do you people think genetic engineering IS? ” If individuals are allowed to experiment with genetic engineering, then they need to be held to the same safety standards as labs.”

Then do I turn you in for your rose garden? Seriously, what do you people think genetic engineering IS?

]]> By: Roy http://earthfirst.com/amateurs-experimenting-with-genetic-engineering-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-5660 Roy Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:59:52 +0000 http://earthfirst.com/?p=3156#comment-5660 Bah, deadly virus not equals yogurt bacteria. This is admirable science! You're a bajillion times more likely to produce a deadly disease randomly in the natural environment than you are accidentally in a lab. It's a matter of a few hundred experiments versus literally uncountable naturally occurring variations in nature. And in the meantime, we're increasing crop yields with fewer pesticides, decreasing the use of chemical fertilizers, and generally saving lives. Those bastards, what with their saving lives. Seriously guys, genetic engineering isn't something you have to be against to be green. If anything, the opposite is true. Next you'll be all up in the face of electric cars because they have to have batteries. Love and kisses, Roy Bah, deadly virus not equals yogurt bacteria.

This is admirable science! You’re a bajillion times more likely to produce a deadly disease randomly in the natural environment than you are accidentally in a lab. It’s a matter of a few hundred experiments versus literally uncountable naturally occurring variations in nature. And in the meantime, we’re increasing crop yields with fewer pesticides, decreasing the use of chemical fertilizers, and generally saving lives.

Those bastards, what with their saving lives.

Seriously guys, genetic engineering isn’t something you have to be against to be green. If anything, the opposite is true. Next you’ll be all up in the face of electric cars because they have to have batteries.

Love and kisses,
Roy

]]> By: Stephanie Rogers http://earthfirst.com/amateurs-experimenting-with-genetic-engineering-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-5656 Stephanie Rogers Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:18:41 +0000 http://earthfirst.com/?p=3156#comment-5656 Nikita, here's a good example of how things can get out of hand - and things like this would only be the beginning: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1110144.stm It would be all too easy for people who don't have a full understanding of what they're working with to create something incredibly dangerous. Plus, there's the matter of properly disposing of hazardous materials. If individuals are allowed to experiment with genetic engineering, then they need to be held to the same safety standards as labs. Nikita, here’s a good example of how things can get out of hand – and things like this would only be the beginning: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1110144.stm

It would be all too easy for people who don’t have a full understanding of what they’re working with to create something incredibly dangerous. Plus, there’s the matter of properly disposing of hazardous materials. If individuals are allowed to experiment with genetic engineering, then they need to be held to the same safety standards as labs.

]]> By: Nikita http://earthfirst.com/amateurs-experimenting-with-genetic-engineering-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-5651 Nikita Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:08:15 +0000 http://earthfirst.com/?p=3156#comment-5651 I'm sorry, but could you please elaborate with something tangible as to how this is potential dangerous as opposed to spitting out scare tactic logical fallacies that do not strengthen your argument. I’m sorry, but could you please elaborate with something tangible as to how this is potential dangerous as opposed to spitting out scare tactic logical fallacies that do not strengthen your argument.

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