On Mar 24, 7:42*pm, George M. Middius > wrote:
> Janet wrote:
> >> *How different is GMA compared to the cross breeding
> >> that has been done for centuries already?
>
> > *What has happened for centuries, is hybridisation (cross fertilisation)
> >within a species or genus.
>
> > *Genetic Modification can produce DNA alterations that could never occur
> >by hybridisation. For example fish, virus and soil bacteria genes inserted
> >into plants.
>
> And that's bad because...
>
> (a) It's new and scary.
> (b) It violates the fish's and bacteria's patent rights.
> (c) If it wasn't made by God, it's the Devil's work.
> (d) other: ____________________

I choose D. The reason is that GMO plants pollinate non-GMO plants,
and then folks who want to raise crops from their own seeds are
forbidden to do so, even though they never set out to have their
plants pollinated by GMOs. It's like if your next door neighbor had a
goat, and the goat wandered over into your yard and shit there, then
your neighbor tells you that you can't grow anything in your yard
because the goat shit is such good fertilizer...

The way that patent laws are being applied is insane.

--Bryan