GMOs, Again!

Finally!

A bit of a voice of reason! And from the UK? Wow! This from a nation where, if a policeman (bobby) sees a criminal running away, says, "Stop! Or I'll... shout 'stop' louder!"

Seriously, this is about genetically modified organisms, "GMOs". Check out the article: http://myprocessexpo365.packexpo.com/NST-4-50206090/UK-Government-Launches-Bid-to-Allay-Fears-Over-GM-Crops.aspx

The UK government is doing the sane thing: trying to use science to answer a question that science is eminently equipped to answer. They are making a valiant attempt to cut out all the emotion, fear mongering, hypersensitivity and hoopla surrounding this issue. The question is whether GMOs are safe to eat. The answer is: scientists will find out, and let us all know the facts. That is, if the activists let us.

As I mentioned in my blog of last May 12 (http://potatoprocessing.key.net/2008/05/gmos.html), there are criminals out there who think they are saving society by destroying test plots of GMO crops. These trespassers dig up gardens by night to keep GMOs from being evaluated for safety. If they continue, we may never find out the truth, because they won't give us the chance.

I am disgusted by the behavior of these hoodlums. Fighting to prolong ignorance seems to be self-fulfilling. Now this article implies this vandalism has happened multiple times ("...all projects have been vandalised by opponents...").

Maybe the bobbies should be shouting louder!

Tim

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