So it's bad to think that GMOs are bad because that results in economic harm?
No. The point of the example was that GMOs are sometimes bad, even if they aren't inherently bad. It would be stupid for farmers who sell crops to Japan to plant GM crops.
Look, you're a pro-GMO shill.
No. I'm just a person whose opinion on the matter differs from yours. No one has offered or given me any incentive whatsoever to hold or express a specific opinion on GMOs.
This whole thing started as an attempt to explain how selective breeding is a form of genetic modification in the sense that it can create a new subspecies or other type of new variant. The point of all that is that genetic modification is not inherently bad. If you eat anything that was grown or raised on a farm (with only a handful of possible exceptions such as farmed salmon), you're eating something that has been modified from the original wild organism. The interesting differences that set genetic engineering apart from other methods are the range and extent of possible modifications and human issues such as intellectual property laws. Neither is a necessary part of genetic engineering--it can be used to accomplish modifications identical to those made through selective breeding, and scientists or corporations can choose not to try to make a new GMO crop proprietary--but they are a reality we have to acknowledge. GMOs can be extremely bad, but they don't have to be.
I hope I've explained my position well enough here to convince you that I'm not fully for or against GMOs. You can have the last word now if you'd like.
No. The point of the example was that GMOs are sometimes bad, even if they aren't inherently bad. It would be stupid for farmers who sell crops to Japan to plant GM crops.
No. I'm just a person whose opinion on the matter differs from yours. No one has offered or given me any incentive whatsoever to hold or express a specific opinion on GMOs.
This whole thing started as an attempt to explain how selective breeding is a form of genetic modification in the sense that it can create a new subspecies or other type of new variant. The point of all that is that genetic modification is not inherently bad. If you eat anything that was grown or raised on a farm (with only a handful of possible exceptions such as farmed salmon), you're eating something that has been modified from the original wild organism. The interesting differences that set genetic engineering apart from other methods are the range and extent of possible modifications and human issues such as intellectual property laws. Neither is a necessary part of genetic engineering--it can be used to accomplish modifications identical to those made through selective breeding, and scientists or corporations can choose not to try to make a new GMO crop proprietary--but they are a reality we have to acknowledge. GMOs can be extremely bad, but they don't have to be.
I hope I've explained my position well enough here to convince you that I'm not fully for or against GMOs. You can have the last word now if you'd like.