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So we agree anti-GMOers not eating GMO food does not hurt you or anybody else. There may be people who would benefit from GMO food, but there aren't any food
by GMOman 10y ago
So we agree anti-GMOers not eating GMO food does not hurt you or anybody else.
There may be people who would benefit from GMO food, but there aren't any food products that are available only as GMO versions. This makes it a political problem, not a "you can't have it if there is no GMO".
And equating anti-GMOers with anti-vaxxers isn't a solution to any problem nor reasonable.
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoWhen millions are hungry because of precious first-world sensibilities, it becomes more reasonable to equate these things.
- GMOman 10y agoThere's enough food in the world to feed everybody. GMO is not going to change that. The problem is distributing that food, not producing it. Still no reason to equate anti-GMOers with anti-vaxxers.
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoThere's been enough food, solely because of the growth of hybrid crops and GMO techniques. We didn't get here by accident. It took lifetimes of effort. Read the biographies of Norman Borlaug and Henry A Wallace. They are credited with feeding billions.
- Kalium 10y agoMy position is not, was not, and shall never be that people should be coerced into eating GMO foods against their will. My position is that people who don't want GMO foods on their plate should not obstruct everyone else. GMO foods are capable of addressing specific problems, like vitamin deficiencies. People should be offered that choice. Anti-GMO activists, like anti-vaxxers, are hurting people by denying them helpful scientific advances.
- grzm 10y agoI've probably missed it, but I haven't seen anyone here arguing that GMO should be banned. I've seen a few people arguing for more testing. I've seen most arguing for labeling. Who here do you see arguing to ban GMO? Perhaps I just haven't looked closely enough.
- Kalium 10y agoI haven't seen anyone make the argument here. I've seen plenty of people make it in real life. What I have seen is people call for more testing, without defining what's enough for them to be confident in results. I've also seen people call for labels, but only on GMOs. I think the former is a backdoor ban. The latter should be applied to all foods.