Comments on: Peanuts http://www.coxesroost.net/journal/2006/12/19/peanuts Asking the Stupid Questions since 1971 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:41:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Nick Danger http://www.coxesroost.net/journal/2006/12/19/peanuts#comment-23138 Nick Danger Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:54:12 +0000 http://www.coxesroost.net/journal/2006/12/19/peanuts#comment-23138 "You should look into the introduction of genetically modified foods into our food supply in 1996..." Genetically modified foods were introduced into our food supply about 7 or 8 thousand years ago. Basically not a single plant or mammal we eat is in its "natural" state. “You should look into the introduction of genetically modified foods into our food supply in 1996…”

Genetically modified foods were introduced into our food supply about 7 or 8 thousand years ago. Basically not a single plant or mammal we eat is in its “natural” state.

]]> By: David Nesting http://www.coxesroost.net/journal/2006/12/19/peanuts#comment-20579 David Nesting Thu, 21 Dec 2006 01:19:20 +0000 http://www.coxesroost.net/journal/2006/12/19/peanuts#comment-20579 Bingo. Modern medicine allows us to preserve defects that used to kill people off, and consequently, our gene pool will increasingly be made up of people that have these defects. People still have issues with things like pre-implantation genetic screening, but what people don't understand is that not only is it important to look to screening, it's absolutely imperative to the survival of our species that we start doing it. Otherwise, with these defects spreading to more and more of our offspring, more and more of our resources will have to be spent on health care to keep us alive. When you choose to opt yourself out of natural selection, as we've started doing with modern medicine, you have to take on the responsibility of cleaning your own gene pool or the massive burden of *mitigating* defective genes will extinct you. http://fastolfe.net/2006/11/06/euthanizing-disabled-babies Bingo. Modern medicine allows us to preserve defects that used to kill people off, and consequently, our gene pool will increasingly be made up of people that have these defects. People still have issues with things like pre-implantation genetic screening, but what people don’t understand is that not only is it important to look to screening, it’s absolutely imperative to the survival of our species that we start doing it. Otherwise, with these defects spreading to more and more of our offspring, more and more of our resources will have to be spent on health care to keep us alive.

When you choose to opt yourself out of natural selection, as we’ve started doing with modern medicine, you have to take on the responsibility of cleaning your own gene pool or the massive burden of *mitigating* defective genes will extinct you.

http://fastolfe.net/2006/11/06/euthanizing-disabled-babies

]]> By: AllergyMom http://www.coxesroost.net/journal/2006/12/19/peanuts#comment-20552 AllergyMom Wed, 20 Dec 2006 04:06:00 +0000 http://www.coxesroost.net/journal/2006/12/19/peanuts#comment-20552 You should look into the introduction of genetically modified foods into our food supply in 1996 and the sudden onset and epidemic increase in the number of children with food allergies. A quick Google of "GMOs and food allergies" and of "genetically engineered soy" will yield some insight. You should look into the introduction of genetically modified foods into our food supply in 1996 and the sudden onset and epidemic increase in the number of children with food allergies. A quick Google of “GMOs and food allergies” and of “genetically engineered soy” will yield some insight.

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