Re: [Pen-l] Help Baby Seals Who Are Killed in Canada

[Doyle Saylor <doylesaylor@xxxxxxx>]

Greetings Economists,
On Mar 24, 2009, at 1:11 PM, Jim Devine wrote:

> I haven't noticed the beasts giving equal consideration to  _our_
> interests. Also, what about experiments that involve plants, who also
> do not consent to being experimented on?

Doyle;
Questions about genetic modification of plants are valid questions  
about the common good of human beings.  The same ecological arguments  
one can put up for animals apply to plants and their uses.  For  
example kill all the wolves and deer have no checks on their  
population.  Kill all wolves and grass eaters will shift the pattern  
of the plant landscape.  So if you go into cattle country what sort of  
plant community do you see?  Does growing rice in California for the  
Asian market make sense?
thanks,
Doyle Saylor
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