Re: SOC/ECON: Critique of the anti-globalists

From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Thu Jun 28 2001 - 11:45:41 MDT


> On labeling GM foods only -- I find this highly dubious. If you're going to
> compel labeling, at least it should be applied consistently. "Natural"
> foods (which have often been selectively bred for many generations) that
> might contain chemicals causing allergic reactions should also require
> labels. In the absence of evidence showing that GM foods are *unusually*
> risky, I oppose labeling GM foods as such, and I oppose a law forcing that
> kind of labeling even more.
>
> Max
>

Perhaps you've heard about recent media reprimands of John Stossel who video
taped the brainwashing of schoolchildren in the US. Evidently, kids in
American public schools are being taught to fear technology and to hate
anything "unnatural." Anti-globalism is just one small part of the PC program
indoctrinated into young brains.

Stay hungry,

--J. R.

Useless hypotheses:
 consciousness, phlogiston, philosophy, vitalism, mind, free will, qualia,
analog computing, cultural relativism

     Everything that can happen has already happened, not just once,
     but an infinite number of times, and will continue to do so forever.
     (Everything that can happen = more than anyone can imagine.)



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