Genetically Modified (GM) Food

[Michael Perelman]

I was not joking, but I was not clear either.  I did not mean that they
were my hopes, but those of the Clinitonites.  I have tried to get the
people on pen-l to act on the question of intellectual property; maybe LBO
could pick up the ball.

"W. Kiernan" wrote:


> michael at ecst.csuchico.edu wrote:
> >
> > Genetically modified seeds, software and other forms of intellectual
> > property, along with arms, are the great hope to close the US balance
> > of payments gap.
>
> Good God, I hope you're joking.
>
> Genetic modification of the genes of food plants has a potential for a
> disaster that would make Chernobyl look like a blown fuse and the Nazi
> war against the Jews look like a misdemeanor.  Those criminal idiots at
> Monsanto could manage to starve the whole damned globe.
>
> Yours, "irony-deaf" WDK - WKiernan at concentric.net

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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929

Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu