Reply #32: Based on the past patterns of American industry... [View All]

[IrateCitizen]

I'll err on the side of caution this time.

History is littered with instances of industry touting innovations as completely safe, even when they knew there was a possibility of public health risk. Then, once the risk was uncovered, they fought like hell to cover it back up again.

Here's a few examples:
- leaded gasoline
- DDT
- asbestos
- PVC

When I hear them say something like the quote above, it's code to me. It's code that implies that those who are questioning the immediate use of GMO's are impeding progress.

I'm surprised that you don't see it the same way. I guess you're still laboring under the mantle of "objectivity. Guess what. NOBODY is objective. There is fanaticism on both sides. The idea is to get COMPLETE airing of both sides, and to make up one's idea from the information available.

But when we're increasingly given one side of the story over the other, that makes it a little more difficult, doesn't it?