Posted by Bob - the Alien on May 04, 2002 at 14:20:12:
In Reply to: Re: sex and death posted by novnoj on May 03, 2002 at 16:29:11:
: we ought to be careful about transgenic salmon, or frankenfish, however. they are said to be fast growing and way very sexy. i don't think i'd want to be ruled by these kind of fish.
While on one hand i agree, on the other, you already are ruled by similar creatures. Here is why --
Fact 1) Strains of almost all grains and vegetables grown in the US have been genetically manipulated for many years.
Fact 2) Most food in the grocery stores, even the natural foods grocery stores, comes from these crops.
Fact 3)Even if you get food directly from an organic farm, they originally got their seeds somewhere. The farming industry has been manipulating things long enough that those seeds at some point were descended from manipulated crops.
Therefore, you all have eaten tons of genetically manipulated food.
Fact 4) You are what you eat.
Final conclusion -- you are all already genetically manipulated, and therefore no better than the 'frankenfish'
HOWEVER, I acknowledge that some of you may have escaped this fate. But the leaders of your countries have not. So there. Nyeah Nyeah.
Your planet is still ripe for invasion.
With Love,
Bob