Genetic Engineered Chicken

[Calliso]

Aw c’mon, what do you have against mules? Probably not. Would you have chosen not to go down that road, if you had been present with that knowledge? “Yes, it’ll save untold millions of lives, but after a few decades it won’t work quite as well as it does now, so we might as well not bother.”

Oh I am not saying we shouldn;t have gone down that road just saying it has had some negative consequences. And we probably don;t know just how bad things in that regard will get.

 

[Calliso]

I agree. However, I might point out that resistant strains are the result of DNA changes, often “borrowed” from other microbes. If the enemies of man can adapt their DNA more rapidly than the normal “slow motion” we normally think evolution engages in, I find it hard to be persuaded that man should avoid doing the same.

Yes donlt get me wrong genetic engineering has produced alot of good things. I am just saying as new as this science is I donlt think we even have clue on the long term affects. On our health, on farmers that grow non gmo stuff. And even on other plants and animals. I think it;s one of those things that should be explored but probably more cautiously then it is now.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Yes donlt get me wrong genetic engineering has produced alot of good things. I am just saying as new as this science is I donlt think we even have clue on the long term affects. On our health, on farmers that grow non gmo stuff. And even on other plants and animals. I think it;s one of those things that should be explored but probably more cautiously then it is now.

Undoubtedly there will be (perhaps are) those who will not exercise sufficient caution. Luckily, most of nature’s more bizarre “experiments” fail.

 

[Calliso]

Undoubtedly there will be (perhaps are) those who will not exercise sufficient caution. Luckily, most of nature’s more bizarre “experiments” fail.

True…though that reminds of this deep sea program I watched recently…there is some ODD stuff down there…

 

[Ridgerunner]

True…though that reminds of this deep sea program I watched recently…there is some ODD stuff down there…

If you have been watching the “Political Threads”, you will see that a whole bunch of Obama/abortion apologists with hardly any posts in the past, have bobbed to the surface. So, I guess, Calliso, that there is some ODD stuff up here too.

 

[Calliso]

If you have been watching the “Political Threads”, you will see that a whole bunch of Obama/abortion apologists with hardly any posts in the past, have bobbed to the surface. So, I guess, Calliso, that there is some ODD stuff up here too.

That doesn;t surprised me ahah. Most of the time I stay away from political discussions though.

 

[Ridgerunner]

That doesn;t surprised me ahah. Most of the time I stay away from political discussions though.

That just shows, Calliso, that you’re wiser than I am.

 

[peacefulwarrior]

Well, since the dawn of farming humans have always used genetic engineering, by selective breeding. There are many studies that also prove that as well. Corn should be a lot smaller if it wasn’t selectively breed into what we eat now through centeries. So if it’s immoral, (which I believe it’s not) then i guess we are living of the immorality of farmers of the past.

 

[wapsi]

Well, since the dawn of farming humans have always used genetic engineering, by selective breeding.

Selective breeding is well-known, and can have bad consequences. For example, certain dog breeds have difficulty breathing, especially as they age. But at least it is natural and the consequences are relatively slow to develop.

However, the FDA’s new policy allows trans-species modifications, without labeling. For example, putting mouse genes into pigs or eel genes into salmon. Such things would never happen in nature and the consequences can be profound and relatively instant.

Here is a link to the news article. I guess it wasn’t mentioned in the first post.
findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20080919/ai_n28116065

 

[Ed_Rand]

Yeah, the trans-species genetic modification is frightening. This is not what farmers have been doing for thousands of years. It’s very new. and frightening. And yes, it is “playing God”. These men are foolish.

 

[peacefulwarrior]

True, though i’m just saying that everything we do has a effect, and affects us in one way or another. There can be ways it could be used for good, as well. (Golden Rice is such an example) All medicine can kill you if you take too much. Besides isn’t giving someone medicine playing god since it isn’t produced for humans in nature, so they should the person that is sick should die because it’s gods will? I’m just saying that if you can do something to help living beings and not doing it murder. Would you starve because you don’t want to eat food that was engineered so it would grow faster than average so it could prevent you from starving. All i’m saying that, it has promise to help people, and if your careful not endanger the enviroment it can hold a lot of promise. Everything thats done has a consequence but does engineering has more positive attributes than negative. Like the salmon in the article, they grow faster now and can be fed to people all year long. How about they engineer wheat that is drought resistant, would the people in africa really complain that there is food grow on their land. Is it really bad trying to help them grow their own food, even if that food isn’t truly natural.

Most of africa is drought ridden, and normal food plants normaly don’t grow their. Some countries can produce their own food but, not many so dont include examples like Kenya who can grow their own food but governmental problems stops them. 22 percent of land in africa is arable which means land that can be farmed. But, most of the land is on chaotic nations, so plants have to be used that can grow on land that isn’t naturally farmable. Aka genetically engeneered plants that can actually witstand the climate. It’s not natural but it can help the people so why not. God would be angered if we did not do everything possible to help them wouldn’t he?