[Buddha-l] Buddhist ethics and genetic engineering

[S.A. Feite]

On Nov 27, 2008, at 2:09 AM, Richard Hayes wrote:

> On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 20:18 -0500, S.A. Feite wrote:
>
>
>> Puhleeze give me the fortitude to keep my hands away from the necks  
>> of
>> these maniacs I say. Demand GMO labeling laws NOW.
>
> Oh give me a break! This precious concern with GMO is one of the most
> absurd manifestations of paranoia to hit the post-hippy generation. It
> deserves about as much credence as the law in Leviticus against mixing
> types of fibre in the same piece of cloth. Let's leave GMO hand- 
> wringing
> to biblical fundamentalists who believe that God created the world in
> six days and rested on the seventh and to neo-Daoists who took way too
> much LSD while reading their Laozi.


Thanks for the news from Podunk U. Richard. It sounds like a course in  
human biology may be in order. It probably wouldn't hurt to take a  
class in Bioethics while you're at it...