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In reply to the discussion: Dr Jane Goodall: supporters of GM food deluded & ‘anti-science’ (backs new anti-GM book) [View all]HuckleB
(35,773 posts)272. And thus you admit that you can't debunk the piece.
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Dr Jane Goodall: supporters of GM food deluded & ‘anti-science’ (backs new anti-GM book) [View all]
JohnyCanuck
Mar 2015
OP
I'm not. I'm pointing out you need more information to make a rational decision.
jeff47
Mar 2015
#27
Err, it's the San Joaquin Valley, unless there's another one I don't know about.
LeftyMom
Mar 2015
#183
A gene coming from an octopus or spider isn't relevant. You're looking for what the gene does
jeff47
Mar 2015
#262
No one's suggesting they can't add ADDITIONAL information -- just that there should be a MINIMUM
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#80
It should be up to the food producer how much additional information they wanted to include
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#136
Just because you don't want the information doesn't mean others don't. Just because you
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#173
You haven't presented any science. In fact, I'm pretty convinced you don't even know what it
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#349
And I don't understand why any DUer would object to the labeling that would help people
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#82
Yeah, right. You can try and piggy-back the popularity of vaccines onto GMO's all you want.
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#133
and you pushed a clip by a far right winger associated with the kochs and the fraser institute.
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#237
of course people are forcing others to eat things. when people don't know if the food supply
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#232
Yes; when food is made or processed via techniques and processes, or with ingredients that
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#344
So, all you have to offer is forced propaganda, based on fear mongering fictions?
HuckleB
Mar 2015
#345
like amateur psychoanalyst who tells 93% of us "Since you don't believe as I do, you are crazy"
GreatGazoo
Mar 2015
#121
You not understanding there are different GMOs is not a terribly useful metric. (nt)
jeff47
Mar 2015
#50
Then why would you ever oppose it? Let other smart people, like Dr. Goodall, make up their own minds
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#76
It's very meaningful to millions of people who do not wish to eat genetically altered 'food'.
sabrina 1
Mar 2015
#383
I like Jane, but... I think people on both sides need to quit throwing around
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Mar 2015
#2
She's responding to all the pro-GMO people who accuse people like her of being anti-science.
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#87
You're absolutely correct. Not that long ago 190 countries had not yet realized how
sabrina 1
Mar 2015
#18
Yes, we don't buy commercial dog food anymore. Our puppy as it turned out, was allergic
sabrina 1
Mar 2015
#56
Am I a public figure? No, but if I were, that standard would be okay with me. In fact I would
sabrina 1
Mar 2015
#127
That logic would apply if we were asking them transcribe their spouses' pillow talk onto the
GoneFishin
Mar 2015
#165
That's logical gibberish couched in grammatically well constructed sentences.
GoneFishin
Mar 2015
#250
"if they were to label their products, they would go out of business" = precisely.
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#176
Also important to remember that at least 64 countries require labeling
nationalize the fed
Mar 2015
#31
"there's no compelling reason" = except most americans want it. the EU already does it,and
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#249
there was "no compelling reason" for previous labeling in the eyes of the industry either.
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#258
let me know when you have something other than personal attacks to make your points with
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#263
(3) The term natural flavor or natural flavoring means the essential oil, oleoresin, essence or
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#230
In other words some part of some animal, plant or processed part of them?
uppityperson
Mar 2015
#280
i think you don't know much about how flavorings are made. the language is very specific.
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#307
Let me pull a box out of my pantry. "natural flavors" is listed. So what is it specifically beyond
uppityperson
Mar 2015
#330
it would help if you listed a brand and exact name, but you're eating some plant flavor extract,
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#337
And what plant would it be? You know, allergies and just because I want to know exactly
uppityperson
Mar 2015
#338
fda lists the allowable plants. linked at the same place the definition is. the allowable
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#340
So they won't tell me what it is. Thanks for your help in trying to figure out
uppityperson
Mar 2015
#354
Speak for yourself. If you don't care what you feed yourself and your family, that's your business.
sabrina 1
Mar 2015
#365
Typical response from someone who wants to decide for the rest of us, what rights we have
sabrina 1
Mar 2015
#367
"Anyone that says, 'Oh, we know that this is perfectly safe,' I say is either unbelievably stupid,
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#193
that's a post by someone called "orac," not a "consensus of science." and that's a stupid phrase
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#202
1. i don't know who "orac" id or if he's the same person as the "skeptical raptor". 2. The "SR's"
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#225
if the content is what matters, what makes yours better than mine if all are written by
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#303
Here's what happens when Suzuki faces people doing actual science in this area.
HuckleB
Mar 2015
#195
that clip is laughable and it's not suzuki i'm laughing at. The person who spoke most often was:
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#226
I watched it all the way through. I guess you didn't bother to ready my comments all the way
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#229
In other words, the scientists who questioned Suzuki showed that Suzuki doesn't know anything.
HuckleB
Mar 2015
#293
Like that right wing lobbyist has anything to do with science. He's a joke, and all your links
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#311
Like that guy had anything to do with the scientists who were discussing things.
HuckleB
Mar 2015
#312
He talked more than either of them. He excerpted and edited the clips he wanted and laid them out
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#318
I didn't quote any Koch-funded organizations, nor any right-wing lobbyists. It's you who keeps
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#322
My evidence is: I, like 80-90% of the population, want labeling. I don't have to prove anything.
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#342
I think you don't know what a logical fallacy is. I want labeling. As does most of the population.
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#347
80-90% of the population has the same "baseless desire": hardly the "epitome of selfishness";
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#362
If you ask people if they want gmos labeled, they say yes. GMOs aren't on most ordinary
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#375
Ironic, considering it comes from the person repeatedly posting right-wing PROPAGANDA.
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#378
Why are they afraid to label their products? If THEY are even afraid to tell us what they are
sabrina 1
Mar 2015
#369
Label the food. The people have a right to know what it is they are hiding. Period!
sabrina 1
Mar 2015
#371
I want a label on ALL food, I want to know what food is genetically altered and what is not.
sabrina 1
Mar 2015
#381
Ireland, Austria, Hungary, Greece, Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Japan, New Zealand, Germany,
sabrina 1
Mar 2015
#117
The studies do exist, lots of them. I mentioned one linking GMOs to cancer, another that links Rat
sabrina 1
Mar 2015
#124
Am I on your payroll or something? Google is a marvelous tool for those who actually want
sabrina 1
Mar 2015
#132
Many of thoseThird World countries would profit healthwise from golden rice
uppityperson
Mar 2015
#213
Yeah, africa is vitamin deficient because of a lack of genetically modified rice. Such bullshit.
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#227
You seem to have cause and treatment backwards. Golden rice can help treat vitamin deficiency.
uppityperson
Mar 2015
#282
I know all about golden rice, and have for years. it's bullshit. If anyone wanted to heal
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#364
I'd be satisfied if GM foods were subjected to the same types of tests as pharmaceuticals
PaulaFarrell
Mar 2015
#58
So, you think everything should be labeled, for whatever reason you can conceive.
HuckleB
Mar 2015
#220
"What's enough?" is exactly the question. Apparently Jane Goodall doesn't think that what's been
DanTex
Mar 2015
#110
I have nothing. I'm just asking. It's a valid question, how much testing is enough?
DanTex
Mar 2015
#161
Do you realize that the "concerns" about GMOs are multiplied if one discusses mutagenesis?
HuckleB
Mar 2015
#180
Fine. So let's be concerned about both. That doesn't begin to answer my previous question.
DanTex
Mar 2015
#184
Well, until we get an answer to my question from two posts ago, we can't dismiss any concerns as
DanTex
Mar 2015
#186
I'm asking how much is enough? What is the standard for concluding that something is safe?
DanTex
Mar 2015
#190
Pretending that you wouldn't be laughed at is not a substitute for an intelligent response either.
HuckleB
Mar 2015
#313
Well, I guess we're done. I was hoping you would address some of the issues I brought up.
DanTex
Mar 2015
#314
Meh. Maybe next time we'll have a scientific discussion. I'd be interested in that. Too bad.
DanTex
Mar 2015
#319
Yes, they should be labeled. It's outrageous that a corporation gets to force food on the public
sabrina 1
Mar 2015
#22
No, my point is that I'm tired of our relatively small state being flooded by money
LittleBlue
Mar 2015
#97
Actually, you should be tired of fear mongerers pushing BS initiatives to promote their business.
HuckleB
Mar 2015
#98
And now everyone knows that feigning that you are ok with GMOs, as you did here and elsewhere is BS.
HuckleB
Mar 2015
#96
Do you know who stands to profit from labeling? Organic food manufacturers and food coops/health
uppityperson
Mar 2015
#214
You mean this one that tells me nothing beyond made of plant and/or animals or processed them?
uppityperson
Mar 2015
#281
Once you turn off an RNA structure somewhere, you have effectively altered it's outcome in some way.
mmonk
Mar 2015
#9
I don't think those pushing rapid expansion of GMO's are too interested in that approach.
mmonk
Mar 2015
#20
You free to use your brain. Find me one post anywhere on DU where I've suggested otherwise.
Orrex
Mar 2015
#114
+1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000...where's the infinity symbol on my keyboard?
Dont call me Shirley
Mar 2015
#52
In the voice of Sheldon, "Anthropology is not a real science anyways." good luck with your quackery
dilby
Mar 2015
#24
After having some difficulty in demonstrating the "go ahead" in RNA manipulation might have risks,
mmonk
Mar 2015
#45
And instead you found some people who disagreed with her, and some who agreed with her.
HuckleB
Mar 2015
#71
I didn't. Check my posts. I think it has been pretty civil but I do stand with Jane in a proper
mmonk
Mar 2015
#85
I believe persons who may be incorrect in one subject are always incorrect in any subject.
mmonk
Mar 2015
#128
How about Goodall producing a consensus of science to support her claims on GMOs?
HuckleB
Mar 2015
#129
What is your specialty? is it in biology and genetics and DNA and RNA strands as well as
mmonk
Mar 2015
#138
says the guy who posted the video moderated by a guy paid by the Kochs and various other
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#238
Thank you all knowing god. I will throw away any contrary questions or evidences
mmonk
Mar 2015
#145
Well when I want a authority on GMO's, a anthropologist is not on the list.
EX500rider
Mar 2015
#150
I'm bowing out to tackle this issue another day. Yes, I know it looks like a nerd foodfight.
mmonk
Mar 2015
#157
Want a fact? The burden of proof should lie with those that tamper with a consummable product
mmonk
Mar 2015
#243
"You can't prove that what you don't know will hurt you. So eat whatever the fuck we trick you into
GoneFishin
Mar 2015
#251
AAAS Scientists: Consensus on GMO Safety Firmer Than For Human-Induced Climate Change
HuckleB
Mar 2015
#291
First you quote an organization funded by the Kochs, now you quote Sense about Science.
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#316
Look, why should I pay any attention to non-scientific sources? The right-wing crap you're
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#321