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HuckleB

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45. I don't drink milk either, but my kid does.

Sat May 24, 2014, 04:55 PM

May 2014

I grow a great deal of vegetables, for a good nine months of the year. I don't even bother with the supposed "natural" stuff, which isn't necessarily safer, regardless of the claims. I just pull weeds, let off a few lady bugs, and cut fungus back. Do so might cut back on my production, but I'm not trying to feed the world.

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"Genetically engineered products are an abomination of God's creation" [View all] LTX May 2014 OP

Some of us don't believe in the heat induced hallucinations of itinerant sheepherders. hobbit709 May 2014 #1

:-) JayhawkSD May 2014 #11

Thbpt. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #2

The plethora of posts here about LTX May 2014 #3

Some people might think of it that way. You obviously do. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #6

+1. nt bemildred May 2014 #9

Do you apply this same reasoning to LTX May 2014 #10

Various of them, yes. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #13

But of course, you eat genetically modified foods LTX May 2014 #16

Troll, troll, troll your boat, gently down the stream... Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #17

You are trying to force government mandates based on your preferences, not on the science. HuckleB May 2014 #19

We have all sorts of labeling that is not based on science. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #21

Name these labels. HuckleB May 2014 #22

Why do I what? Want labels? Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #23

Thanks for you usual mindless anti-GMO cliches. HuckleB May 2014 #25

My 'usual', eh? Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #29

"Pro-GMO websites?" HuckleB May 2014 #34

My claims were Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #37

Under that justification, we should be "waiting and seeing" for every type of hybrid available. HuckleB May 2014 #42

Oh, and I named those labels in the comment above. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #24

So you can't name any actual labels mandated without a scientific basis. HuckleB May 2014 #26

HUh? Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #27

Those are voluntary labels by manufacturers. HuckleB May 2014 #28

So exactly what is wrong with voluntary GMO-free labeling? Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #30

You are wasting your time, however, if you want to know about food labels: bemildred May 2014 #31

And what does that have to do with the promotion of government mandated labels for GMOs? HuckleB May 2014 #33

You got me. nt bemildred May 2014 #36

I've never said anything is wrong with voluntary labels. HuckleB May 2014 #32

Well, wait then, we may have just come to something we agree on. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #35

I have nothing against voluntary labels, as long as they're accurate. HuckleB May 2014 #41

I actually don't do milk much at all. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #43

I don't drink milk either, but my kid does. HuckleB May 2014 #45

Do you can? Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #51

I have not quite been that motivated. HuckleB May 2014 #55

One data point. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #56

Yup. The majority of my corn does become squirrel and raccoon food. HuckleB May 2014 #57

I don't care what you choose to eat. But you are advocating a position LTX May 2014 #38

Actually, my position is that Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #40

So how, exactly, do we label bananas? n/t LTX May 2014 #44

Why "Gluten Free," of course! HuckleB May 2014 #46

Hah. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #47

And poor, overly dramatic science reporting. HuckleB May 2014 #49

Yup. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #52

Exactly. HuckleB May 2014 #54

Or maybe, "genetically modified in the extreme, LTX May 2014 #48

LOL roody May 2014 #4

There is more to this thinking business than just slapping a couple ideas together. nt bemildred May 2014 #5

Indeed. A lesson often lost LTX May 2014 #7

Fat chance of that, right? nt bemildred May 2014 #8

I'm inclined to dislike genetic modification which... JayhawkSD May 2014 #12

Seed companies have not allowed seed saving for 50 years. HuckleB May 2014 #58

Who knew that the EU was controlled by "creationists"? Tierra_y_Libertad May 2014 #14

Don't forget China and Russia. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #18

It's certainly not controlled by those who care about the science of the matter. HuckleB May 2014 #20

Abracadabra GeorgeGist May 2014 #15

and by that logic pro-GM is all Hooveroids MisterP May 2014 #39

Deuteronomy 22.11 doesn't mean what you think it does jmowreader May 2014 #50

Right. And properly directed to ... ? LTX May 2014 #53