After Much Chewing of Cud and Cogitation, Merlyn Blaize
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Spat the Words
> On 28 Apr 2007 02:56:01 -0700, "(David P.)" <imbibe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> wrote:
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>> The first thing we need to do is decriminalize narcotics.
>> This will devalue the cash crops the Taliban and other
>> extremists use to finance their operations.
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> I'm telling you, all you need to do is get someone who has access to
> gene-splicing equipment. It's not common, but it's not all that rare,
> either. Surely *someone* in the halls of science has a pro-pot bone
> in their body. Have them insert the genes from the plants that
> produce things like THC, opium, etc.... etc... etc... into the humble
> dandelion, and _ALL_ drug arguments will be off. I mean, as we all
> know, there is _no_ exterminating the humble dandelion. They'd
> propagate quickly and once the public caught on, all they'd need to do
> for a high is go out into the back yard & pick the pretty little
> yellow poseys....
>
> whatcha' think? :-)
>
It's not nice to fool with mother nature.. but seriously, by
the same reasoning they could introduce something toxic into
the plants as well. I think this whole 'messing with genes and
dna' thing is going to get us in trouble. It'll be interesting,
and that's why people will play with it, but it's going to
create some monstrosities.
We've already had limited experience with introduction of
bio-engineered species into a new habitat, with a sound and
reasoned argument as to why it would be beneficial, and then
watched as entire eco-systems were altered or destroyed in
completely unexpected ways.
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