01-04-2014, 06:13 AM
"Science cannot be good or bad, it's just science. Every product of science isn't automatically good either. DDT? Depleted Uranium? Silicon Breast implants? Butane Honey oil extraction? There's always room for debate, and branding someone as "anti science" because they disagree is disingenuous........"
What do DDT and breast implants have to do with an anti-GMO law? Who is talking about automatic good, whatever that is? Science goes where observations and experimentation takes it. In the case of GMO's the science is clear that no food safety issue has been discovered. Disagreement with this large body of evidence is simply ideological, not fact based and goes beyond simple debate. Much like some people's disagreement with the reality of evolution or climate change. Or taking testimony from a yogic flyer as substantial evidence. For our county council to pass this anti-GMO law was both a waste of time and effort and likely destructive of future benefit to the Big Island. For a large number of people to think this is a good thing is scary.
What do DDT and breast implants have to do with an anti-GMO law? Who is talking about automatic good, whatever that is? Science goes where observations and experimentation takes it. In the case of GMO's the science is clear that no food safety issue has been discovered. Disagreement with this large body of evidence is simply ideological, not fact based and goes beyond simple debate. Much like some people's disagreement with the reality of evolution or climate change. Or taking testimony from a yogic flyer as substantial evidence. For our county council to pass this anti-GMO law was both a waste of time and effort and likely destructive of future benefit to the Big Island. For a large number of people to think this is a good thing is scary.