Genetically Modified Foods

  What dfg is doing here is playing devil's advocate, taking an opposing point of view for the sake of debate. Great, we need all points of view in order to make a good decision on any subject.  That said, I'll take the bait and respond to the part of the comment that has something to do with the topic. 

  "Food labels shouldn't have to show ingredients and stuff like that"  If I offered you a can of food without any label at all and told you that it was your only choice would you truly be happy with that?  Even though it could be anything in that can from dog food contaminated with plastic byproducts to corn that is impervious to Round-up and may cause health problems? Hmm.. I think I'd want to know what it was before chowing down. 

   "Businesses should just realize that when they provide more information, they'll get more consumers"  From what I've seen, Big Business will do just about anything to increase profits, including LIE to their consumers. (in this case by omission) I'm sure there are a lot of things biotechnology giant Monsanto would not want you to know about. An example: farmers in India growing Monsanto cotton are committing suicide at an alarming rate. http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_7152.cfm  Unfortunately we live in a world where businesses don't do what they "should" do--especially if it would hurt the bottom line.  Government regulation is necessary because these businesses will not regulate themselves.

  "Please, stay out of business until it starts hurting people. When it does start, apply only Justice accordingly."  Justice? What's that? From whom?  "Prior to being the Supreme Court Judge who put GW Bush in office, Clarence Thomas was Monsanto's lawyer"  http://www.organicconsumers.org/monlink.cfm#monsanto  take a look at the left side of this website page and you'll probably recognize a few more friendly faces there too! 

  "The biggest problem is found by looking at motive"  I completely agree with this statement.  Like Gravel says--Follow the money.

Our society is getting so bad with the lingo that we can tell what is what.

We have so many names for the various shades of Red that we can't tell that pink is just light red any more.

If I hold a knife out in front of me and run through a crowd, then I am liable for damages (period)!

And that has nothing to do with politics, bigger government or other terms.

We keep seeing people hurt for the sake of a buck, but the cost of hurting people is not always properly applied in favor of those that get hurt.

Thanks Dawn,

This is the feedback I"m looking for.

I am looking into the National Initiative at the link you gave me.  I don't understand yet how 50,000,000 votes gets it passed, but I'll look into more.

I also want to understand how it works.  Maybe I have a tendency of digging too deep before commitment, but I really hate taking medicine just to cover-up the symptoms for a while.

If I can only make a difference in my life only, then what is the purpose, especially if my life has little if any effect on the world?

Each person touches another, and that touch causes one of 3 things, pain, pleasure or thought (or a combination of those).

Much of the encounters cause pain.  One can grow from that, like building muscles against the weight.

Some encounters cause pleasure.  We can get pleasure from evil or good.  Good can recharge a persons battery.

Sometimes an encouter causes thought.  A new idea or a new way of perceiving something.

It might not seem as though our encounters make much difference to others.  But consider your own memories.  How much have your encounters effected you, and then your encounters effected others (sine they are like us) and how did you previous encounters effect the feel of your touch to someone else.

Is this not what Mike's throwing the rock in the pond represents?

I say that I am ready to leave this world, but it is because I am tired.  I need my batteries recharged but I have not found a charger in a long time.

I believe that I made a difference when I stood up to those who would pass the hard problems down to those who were not getting stock options.  In one meeting, they said "we'll just do it this easy patching way, and let others figure it out later, after all, we will be caching in our stock options and living the good life soon".  But I repremanded them saying "How is that we have received stock options to do good work, but you want to leave the hard work to those who have received only their normal pay, is that right?".  I was not in the highest position in the meeting.  I know I made them feel bad (pain) but hopefully it provided some thought for at least some of them.

And I have been touched, sometimes painfully, but gained growth from it when it provoked thought within me.  I think it's called chastisement.

When I want to build something, like a guitar.  I first conceive what I want the result to be.  What is the final outcome and details of its structure, finish and sound.  Then I gather all the materials, conceive of the jigs (fixtures to accomplish certain cuts or shapes), make each part, assemble, sand, finish and adjust.

That is happening to some among mankind also.

I see that Mike had made a difference, did he not, in the past when in office?

What I'm trying to do is decide whether to join to help elect him.  Can I help make a good difference? 

I do have some concerns.  If there were cooperative voting from the people to make decisions, are there enough decent people to make decent decisions?  How long before this country would be divided?  I think there may have been a time that this could have worked.  But is that time now?  I see this country headed for a revolution in the very near future.  Can it be peacefully prevented?

I agree that a drastic change in leadership has to be made for any chance of good change in the direction that this country is headed.  But the weight of the rock that is falling is too great for less than a cooperation of a large body of sane, caring, thoughtful, and resourceful people to engage it.