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Old 05-21-2014, 08:25 AM   #90
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Originally Posted by Nage Waza View Post
So as you put it, GMOs are the preferred method of evolution? Why bother letting one strain evolve a resistance?

I am pro GMO yet worry about how the superior modified organisms replace organisms that would have naturally evolved. If you don't think tampering with existing species carries risk, I don't know what to say.
You just moved the goal posts.

Your initial argument was that GMOs lacked diversification. Are you now arguing that while GMO species are actually very diverse, the means in which they got there are dangerous?

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...you sound like a douchy fanboy
I'm a douchy fanboy because I'm irritated by all of the people that hold such a strong opinion, on something they really do not understand. These people are not educated in field, do not work in the field, and did not grow up in the field. Yet they hold such strong opinions on the subject.

I'd be open for civil discussion if these people preceded their opinions with something like "...I'm no expert on the subject, but I feel like [anti-gmo opinion]".

You didn't open that way at all. You opened in saying that "everyone is focusing on the wrong things", and that "the real problem is that GMOs lack diversification". You're diversification claim was clearly wrong... and now you've changed your argument to that while GMO crops are diversified, the means in which they reached that diversification are wrong?
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