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Originally posted by UWM Diet nazis? You mean people who actually care about what they consume? Funny. Give it a try some time. It's worth the hype.

yeah because GE food is so inferior to "organic", lol!

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Originally posted by zyklon-jay I eat healthy, but recognize that the organic food industry is a big scam.

exactly, which is why its so funny when you hear hippies spout off about it. way to go swallowing business' sales hype, alternative thinker!

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN exactly, which is why its so funny when you hear hippies spout off about it. way to go swallowing business' sales hype, alternative thinker!

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I got classes in an hour. Gonna grab a double cheese on the way, taken as I haven't been to McDonald's in ages.

Wendy's's's's (extra 's cuz I didn't know when to stop) new cheeseburgers are really good.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN yeah because GE food is so inferior to "organic", lol!

I prefer to spend my money on food that has not been genetically manipulated or covered in pesticides / herbicides. I know directly where the vast majority of the food I consume comes from. I used to think it was all hype too until I noticed actual physiological and physical changes to myself. I'm not going to try and sway other people to make the same decision, though. Not my place.

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Originally posted by zyklon-jay Normally I wouldn't cite Penn and teller to prove a point

Oh come on...you know you want to...

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I don't really get the anti-GMO bit. Whether you eat certified organic or local or whatever, all of the food you eat has been genetically manipulated by thousands of years of selective breeding. Unless you are out there bagging a deer and picking wild blackberries for your meals or something. Anti-GMO seems like mostly a romantic bias toward a "simpler" past, like our new techniques for altering genes are much more complex and powerful, so they automatically become scary.

I can understand wanting fresh ingredients, though. It just tastes better.

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Originally posted by Vector A I don't really get the anti-GMO bit. Whether you eat certified organic or local or whatever, all of the food you eat has been genetically manipulated by thousands of years of selective breeding. Unless you are out there bagging a deer and picking wild blackberries for your meals or something. Anti-GMO seems like mostly a romantic bias toward a "simpler" past, like our new techniques for altering genes are much more complex and powerful, so they automatically become scary. I can understand wanting fresh ingredients, though. It just tastes better.

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my old stuff, not quite up to snuff - but I still dig it - UPDATED 9/23/2012

Maybe I should clarify. While there are valid complaints against the agrimegacorporations and their practices, I do not see why some people object to GMO as such. GMO is not "evil," it is just like any other scientific technique: capable of being turned toward good or ill depending on the user.

I do not usually get the sense that people who are anti-GMO are that way as some kind of "protest" against Monsanto, but maybe I am misinformed.