America: Land of the Guinea Pigs

foolsguinea posted about the use of genetically altered foods in America that helps to show just how dominated Americans are by our corporations. I might have been dismissive about such engineered foods, but I did not know that other countries have been able to ban such foods, so that Americans are effectively being used like guinea pigs. It is all the more galling that our corporations cater to those countries' demands while they force their Frankenfood on us. And there have been no studies on the healthiness of these innovations, as we get sicker over what we eat.

Or at least this is what Robyn O'Brien says. I never heard of her, and I couldn't google up any interesting discussion supporting or debunking her, though I'm pretty lazy when it comes to such research efforts. It just still surprises and depresses me to think that America has to be among the worst counties to live in the developed world, and probably the very worst - unless you are among the top few percent of the mega-rich. Even Canada has to be better than this!

America: Land of the Guinea Pigs

foolsguinea posted about the use of genetically altered foods in America that helps to show just how dominated Americans are by our corporations. I might have been dismissive about such engineered foods, but I did not know that other countries have been able to ban such foods, so that Americans are effectively being used like guinea pigs. It is all the more galling that our corporations cater to those countries' demands while they force their Frankenfood on us. And there have been no studies on the healthiness of these innovations, as we get sicker over what we eat.

Or at least this is what Robyn O'Brien says. I never heard of her, and I couldn't google up any interesting discussion supporting or debunking her, though I'm pretty lazy when it comes to such research efforts. It just still surprises and depresses me to think that America has to be among the worst counties to live in the developed world, and probably the very worst - unless you are among the top few percent of the mega-rich. Even Canada has to be better than this!

Quote of the Day

"The unreal is more powerful than the real. Because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it. Because its only intangible ideas, concepts, beliefs, fantasies that last. Stone crumbles. Wood rots. People, well, they die. But things as fragile as a thought, a dream, a legend, they can go on and on. If you can change the way people think. The way they see themselves. The way they see the world. You can change the way people live their lives. That’s the only lasting thing you can create."

-- "Choke", Chuck Palahniuk

I'm all for the idea and live by it. Unfortunately, though, we need real food to eat, real shelter to protect us from real weather, and real lovers to touch us. But, yeah, when you don't have much going for you, a beautiful idea can do a lot for you.

Quote of the Day

"The unreal is more powerful than the real. Because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it. Because its only intangible ideas, concepts, beliefs, fantasies that last. Stone crumbles. Wood rots. People, well, they die. But things as fragile as a thought, a dream, a legend, they can go on and on. If you can change the way people think. The way they see themselves. The way they see the world. You can change the way people live their lives. That’s the only lasting thing you can create."

-- "Choke", Chuck Palahniuk

I'm all for the idea and live by it. Unfortunately, though, we need real food to eat, real shelter to protect us from real weather, and real lovers to touch us. But, yeah, when you don't have much going for you, a beautiful idea can do a lot for you.

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