[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

I respectfully disagree. Genetic changes cannot be passed from species to species. If the caveman ate lettuce of some sort, the lettuce has probably changed drastically genetically over the years. If you eat a chicken who has inherited an autosomal dominant genetic trait you can't be affected by it or harmed from it. People are quick to not understand how genetics work and what gene therapy and gene manipulation can and cannot do.

I strongly support stem cell research and did so when they used aborted fetuses which Thankfully is no longer necessary. Genetic research is the way to solve some of the most horrendous diseases that affect mankind.

Smoking is much more an issue to worry about than Monsanto. Noxious by products from people and industry and cars. That to me is another unsolvable problem. We will eventually kill our planet but hopefully by that time, the human race will have been able to find another to move to and effect the move. Greenies can worry and fuss and do small things, but they are not going to get much done. We aren't going to negate or reverse the industrial revolution.

There is always hope and our decent human brains. Some one of us, long after we are gone will figure it out.

Sermon for the day. My views only. As I get older I am overwhelmed by ignorance; mine and the worlds, so many more questions than easy answers.

Gracie, you nailed it.

Agricultural foods sources have evolved for many reasons over literally millions of years. We do not chomp down on what the dinosaurs ingested. They have also been modified by humans for at least thousands of years. The wheat we enjoy today is not that of the Biblical era. Corn and potatoes also come to mind. Our domesticated cattle, pigs and sheep have been bred to what they are today. This will continue.