Bryan wrote:

>> > *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...

I didn't really follow most of that. Who's doing the forbidding? When
did GMO seeds become available for home gardeners? What does a goat
have to do with it?


>The way that patent laws are being applied is insane.

Go onnnnn......