Don't reply with a straw man or don't reply at all. -- Unfortunately, that's not how the dialogue went for vaccines or is going for GMOs. It starts immediately at, "oh, this is dangerous!" and then the next several lines are spent fruitlessly trying to counter that view with science. I do believe that most people are pretty stupid and pretty easily led, but that's not to say they shouldn't be given the information they need to change -- but it shouldn't be mandatory and politically-motivated and a major detractor from profits. Incidentally, are you actually for the labeling of every genetically modified food? Because that's, you know, most of them.
Don't say "strawman" because it's an internet buzzword. -- You said implicitly in your initial reply and explicitly in your most recent that people are too stupid to make choices. All I did was use an analogy with another hot issue that there is a lot of misinformation about. I don't really care one way or the other. I just think that when people want information, they should be able to get it, especially in the case where it would be so easy. It's not as if it very hard to disentangle this info. I do realize that most of foods are modified. This is actually a great argument for labeling, because people would find out that they've been eating them all along and that there's little to fear.Incidentally, are you actually for the labeling of every genetically modified food? Because that's, you know, most of them.
In the long run, ideally. Which I'm for. But in the short run, the very companies that have made the GMO industry possible will get hit hard financially. There's a reason the Senate nixed the labeling overwhelmingly the other day.You said implicitly in your initial reply and explicitly in your most recent that people are too stupid to make choices. All I did was use an analogy with another hot issue that there is a lot of misinformation about.
My point was that you failed to address any other part of my post.This is actually a great argument for labeling, because people would find out that they've been eating them all along and that there's little to fear.
This is actually a great argument for labeling, because people would find out that they've been eating them all along and that there's little to fear.
This is a valid point.