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>...and if I were a producer that discovered how to make a resistant orange by genetic engineering, I'd just do my best to spread the damn disease and wipe out
by archgoon 13y ago
>...and if I were a producer that discovered how to make a resistant orange by genetic engineering, I'd just do my best to spread the damn disease and wipe out natural oranges together with the competition, making more money to finance more genetic engineering research...
No, you'd be thrown in jail for bioterrorism. What you propose is seriously unethical, even if it weren't criminal. Furthermore, your attitude would convince much of the populace that people who promote GMO food are completely insane and unethical.
- davvid 13y agoI think a more reasonable threat would be that the company that discovers the resistant gene patents it, and then owns the entire orange market. Throw in some Monsanto-style "you cannot plant the seeds" and you have a real problem.