Re: Inadvertent media malevolence

From: Raymond G. Van De Walker (rgvandewalker@juno.com)
Date: Tue May 25 1999 - 21:28:49 MDT


On Mon, 24 May 1999 17:58:22 +0000 Damien Broderick
<damien@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au> writes:
>My local suburban rag had a piece today on a man who has persuaded the
>council to `ban' (how?) `genetically modified food'

This might be a rational concern, irrationally described.
Plants resist their predators by manufacturing poisons.
New forms of the poisons, or new combinations, can
easily be toxic to people.

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