Re: Scienterrific point of view
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: Scienterrific point of view
- From: S* A* O*
- Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 17:48:13 -0800
At 01:15 PM 12/22/99 -0800, you wrote:
>There are approaches to feeding the world other than those you
>propound. Unfortunately, I suspect from the general tenor of your posting
>and your current employment that you are unwilling or unable to look
>beyond your training and milieu to consider that any of them might have
>equal or greater validity from both an historical and scientific point of view.
>
>Yours most respectfully,
>Michael Larmer
Michael -
Thank you for your well thought response. This has been an interesting
thread - clearly there is much to think about this issue. Personally, I
would agree that there are many more options available to 'feed the staving
masses' than this road alone. Unfortunately, as is often the case in life,
many of these do not serve to create profit for middlemen, hence they go
underutilized. Part of what we're looking for here in the forum are more
appropriate means by which to grow plants in our unique climate. It would
seem that there is enough evidence to indicate that genetic manipulation
has enough controversy to force it to be shelved here for the time
being. Maybe someday men will find ways to use the radical science they
have created in ways driven more by altruism than profit.
(i.e. let's move on)
respectfully,
your psuedo-moderator,
Sean O.
Sean A. O'Hara sean.ohara@groupmail.com
h o r t u l u s a p t u s 710 Jean Street
'a garden suited to its purpose' Oakland, CA 94610-1459, U.S.A.
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