From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Wed May 01 2002 - 16:55:44 MDT
We are formulating other campaigns. These are intended to help dissolve
luddite propaganda. Mere sign waving demonstrations don't get airplay.
If you have some suggestions for other campaigns for other targets,
please suggest away.
Organic produce is our first target because it is ubiquitous, it's value
is universally based on propaganda and deception and distortions of
science. The method is in order to make it highly distributed: anybody
can download a graphic and print up some labels anywhere. The argument
being made is not one of cranks, but of stating facts and dispelling
myths.
Any suggestions should use the principles of high distribution and low
cost as this one is. You want anything else, I suggest you pony up a
nice donation to put your money where your mouth is.
Samantha Atkins wrote:
>
> I thing going after organic food as a supposedly "luddite"
> category from end to end is a gross mistake. There are much
> less ambiguous targets. If you pick one for your first campaign
> that is as ambigous as this one you run considerable danger of
> having your fledgling organization seen as a bunch of cranks.
>
> - samantha
>
> Mike Lorrey wrote:
>
> > Recipients are encouraged to forward this message in its entirety
> > ***********************************************************************
> > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 04/30/2002
> > Center for Transhuman Development
> > 132 Prospect Street Extension
> > Lebanon, NH 03766
> > Contact: Michael Lorrey, mailto:mlorrey@datamann.com
> > ***********************************************************************
> > The inaugural event of the founding of the Center for Transhuman
> > Development will be a Truth in Labelling campaign to focus on the
> > so-called 'Organic' food industry. In our research at local markets, we
> > have determined that outside of seafood, seaweed, and forest grown
> > mushrooms and herbs, virtually every other food product, "organic" or
> > otherwise, exists as a result of thousands of years of genetic
> > engineering techniques using simple hybridization technologies. Given
> > this widespread use of hybridization technology in food products, CTHD
> > activists will be entering their local markets across the country to
> > affix labels to so-called "organic" or "natural" food products
> > clarifying this fact.
> >
> > If you see a food product with the label "This Product is Genetically
> > Engineered by Hybridization Techniques" or "This product contains
> > Genetically Engineered Ingredients via Hybridization Techniques", you
> > will know that this product is now properly labeled to enhance the value
> > of the product by fulfilling the consumer's right-to-know what is in the
> > food they buy.
> >
> > Proprietors of alleged "organic" foods who may complain that the value
> > of their product is being damaged by such labelling should be reminded
> > that they would have to be able to prove in court with scientific expert
> > testimony that "organic" food is quantitatively better than foods
> > produces with the help of pesticides, fertilizers, or gene splicing
> > technologies, AND that hybridization is not a technology for altering
> > the genomes of wild animal and plant species, in order to establish that
> > damage was done
> >
> > Prospective activists who are interested in engaging in this labeling
> > campaign can download the following graphics and produce their own
> > labels:
> >
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cthd-list/files/GE_lbl1.zip
> >
> > Labelling will begin by May 5th
> >
> > It is recommended that labelling be performed while one is conducting
> > their regular shopping. Enterprising individuals may want to dress up as
> > stock clerks, but we do not encourage it.
> >
> > If you are interested in membership in the Center for Transhuman
> > Development, please contact Mr. Lorrey via email at
> > mailto:cthd-list-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
> > ********************************************************************
> >
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