image from http://www.innocentdrinks.co.uk
“Before you become too entranced with gorgeous gadgets and mesmerizing video displays, let me remind you that information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, and wisdom is not foresight. Each grows out of the other, and we need them all.”
― Arthur C. Clarke
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Controversy rages around the subject of Genetic Modification or Genetic Engineering and in many ways it is right that it should. I briefly touched on it yesterday in “Down the Rabbit Hole” and hinted at the vastness of the topic. It is a contentious issue but I’d like to put forward a few ideas to consider. I will continue with the rabbit hole imagery.
Down the major burrow would be what I feel is a despicable manipulation of our foodstuffs in the “Genetic Modification” scene by the major player, Monsanto. I am vehemently against everything Monsanto stand for in this area. The fact that they are supported by governments, and it is irrelevant which side of the fence in politics you are on, it is all sides of Government, including the self-righteous Greens. Monsanto have been cosseted by all parties both in and outside Government. The only ‘players’ against Monsanto have been the farmers and now, those who know the truth, the consumers.
image from http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com
What are the down side to the GM (Genetically Modified) food? Primarily it is sterile. Sure it can grow like crazy and is bug resistant but it tastes woeful. If the bugs won’t eat it then one has to ask what is wrong with it because they’ll eat anything else. How much good can the body get from sterile food? Why have they modified it to be sterile?
image from http://www.abc.net.au Kangaroo Island Biscuit Wheat
Simple answer is the farmers cannot keep some of the seed they harvest for use as planting seed in the next season. If it is sterile they have to buy new seed each season and it is more expensive and less good for us than the ‘old’ but tasty seed. If they want to spend squillions on increasing yield then let them work on improving the bug resistance whilst keeping the goodness in it. Until then I’m very much against GM food and Monsanto for monopolising the market. Very bad for the market.
image from laurad093.hubpages.com The Lebensborn, children from picked mothers to produce the ‘master’ or perfect race.
Down the second largest burrow we find the doctors with no conscience and people with deep pockets. Here the Genetic Engineering is geared to pick the best DNA possible to create a super race of perfect children. It’s unnatural and immoral, in my opinion. The very idea of walking into a ‘shop’ and choosing the DNA make up of your child from a menu so that you can, in due course lay claim to another Mozart, Michelangelo or John Lennon is wrong on so many counts I’m rendered speechless. If they, the doctors want to research DNA in children then it should be to prevent the medical problems we currently see. It is a Hippocratic and not Hippocritic Oath after all. Obviously I’m very much against Genetic Engineering for immoral reasons.
image from http://www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk Searching for cures.
Which brings me to the third burrow. Whilst there are probably many more these are the three I feel are the major influencers. Down this burrow we find the people who, unbeknownst to them, they have a DNA problem. They don’t find out until something goes wrong or someone gets ill. Perhaps not until they have children. This is the area I find has some merit.
If the scientific community are hell bent on tinkering with the DNA structure then why are they not trying to fix the DNA problems that crop up with increasing regularity these days? Strangely enough they seem to increase in number with the increase in the tampering of the natural foodstuffs and environment we are living in.
image from yourchildhealthy.blogspot.com – A baby with Cystic Fibrosis
Just imagine, instead of children growing up with the disadvantages of Downs Syndrome, ADD, ADHD, Spina Bifida, Cystic Fibrosis and so on, they can have their DNA corrected. The gene mutation removed and a good copy replaced. Healthy and happy children. The same things applies to adults since some of these mutations are not picked up until much later. What about a gene correction to ‘fix’ depression, migraines, obesity or the predisposition to suicide, assault, abuse or murder?
These are the kinds of Genetic Engineering I feel could be acceptable and of benefit to mankind as a whole, not just the financially blessed or unscrupulous racketeers. It may be idealistic but I feel it has merit. Its aim is to help and improve life for the good of all and not detract and injure life to the detriment of all.
image from juleecwk0409.wordpress.com Where did that bug come from?
The fourth burrow must be mentioned. That’s the burrow where no changes are made to anything. It’s the kind of thinking which saw us using harmful pesticides because we didn’t know they were harmful. It’s seeing that knowledge used by unscrupulous agencies to harm and destroy people. It’s knowing that those deep pockets and unscrupulous people are manufacturing diseases which are supposed to be a safeguard against the ‘bad guys’ doing anything. Yet we all know that these Genetically Engineered viruses and germs have found their way into the general populace at great cost. The cost is in lives, human, animal and plant life.
You see, in the end it isn’t just about Genetically Engineering food or people, not simply DNA, it’s about ensuring that “We the People” stop “The Powers That Be” from wreaking havoc on mankind. It’s about stopping those who would control mankind by subversive methods and allowing good management to be the order of the day.
To me, it’s about letting the farmers and primary producers produce good healthy food for us to nourish ourselves. It’s about the medical profession helping us to have a good quality of life not subjected to preventable disease and ailments.
image from rabbitbook.webs.com
Yes, the warren has a lot of burrows in it, but it can be a good place to live and not a diseased and unhealthy place. Rabbits used to be loved in most places. The diseases created to kill them have done more harm than good. Perhaps there is a moral to that story after all.
Just a thought or two.
Please Note: The use of rabbits and a rabbit warren as imagery in no way diminishes the problems rabbits have caused in Australia, nor do I condone their introduction or eradication procedures. SJ
Blessings, Susan ♥
© Susan Jamieson 2014
Owls and Orchids 
An interesting post Susan. I think the Doctor Frankenstein’s of this world will go on working in their labs, with not a thought about anyone else other than what can be made from their experiments.
Note:
No rabbits were harmed answering this post.
Cheers
Laurie. -)
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Well said. It is scary how manipulative our world can be in general terms but when it’s about messing with core elements for dubious merit it is a whole other level of scary. We just never seem to get it right when we discover something. Always got to go and spoil possibilities with meddling for the wrong reasons.x
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Very interesting indeed. As much as it is truly amazing, science can be devastating when in hands of those who have either lost or never had moral/ethical compass.
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All that is considered good science now was once considered magic. People were burned at the stake for knowing more than others, or being smart enough to take the next step in thinking, under the pretext of burning witches.
However, there are warlocks in this age who have that knowledge and have turned it into power, power over our grain supply, our energy and our health. Money is not their motivator, they are megalomaniacs with an insatiable thirst for power. These are the villians you see in the sci-fi movies who want to take over the world.
Well, wake up world, it’s happening right here, right now!
Our only defense is throwing away the shackles of ignorance and being as smart as them – fortunately with tools such as this, the internet, that is now possible!
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Thank you, you managed to save e from tying a really long post an we have covered more of the topic. One day we may lead the charge for change… until then 🙂
Susan x
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Whatta team!
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What a great informative post, Susan! You are so right on so many counts and unfortunately, many researchers have tunnel vision…there does not seem to be anyone who is looking at the “whole picture” except for, as you say, informed consumers and farmers.
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Great post susan.
I too have concerns about the production of raw foods which are sterile… Money grabbing antics to ensure that farmers are not self reliant…. *scrunches up my nostrils*
Also.. I KNOW that virus (movie clip – Outbreak) Great movie and indicative of stuff I’m sure happens on many levels withing respective governments – all in the name of national security…
ML
x
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I think we’re on the same wavelength. There are far too many “accidents” which lead to pandemics around the world – all desperately needing the new vaccines the pharma companies happen to have.
I sometimes wonder if I’m being paranoid and then I see another story in the news.
Thanks for commenting –
Bless, Susan x
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