Re: GloFish Zebra Danio Question

"Eric Schreiber"  wrote

> I'll provide my own answer, thanks. In the post you quoted, the only
> thing I was objecting to was 'blanks' faulty arguments.

I have no wish to put answers in anyone's mouth. If that's how it
came across I apologise.

> In your fervor to support GM, please don't make the same logical
> errors that 'blank' did.

I don't believe the analogy to be flawed logically. At least not any more
than most analogies. GM is just a process, a technique if you will.
Nearly all the arguments presented that I've seen on this and other forums
attack the technology itself, rather than the products produced using it.
We have been manipulating the genes of animals and plants for thousands
of years using various techniques. It strikes me as odd that people should
object to just one of them.
We've already got a poster on this thread making the ridiculous connection
with jellyfish and their stinging cells. It's basic misunderstanding's like that, that 
I
feel are obscuring the arguments.
I have no fervour for GM technology, as it happens I have yet to be
convinced of its usefulness. But I do object to the tidal wave of ignorance and
misplaced fear that the anti-GM lobby has unleashed.

King regards

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