Comments by unmolested.altar.boy

Comment #190048 by unmolested.altar.boy on June 8, 2008 at 9:27 am

"Yes, the anti - genetically modified food crowd is irrational."

Not necessarily. I personally am conflicted by GMOs. On one hand, I recognize that natural and mankind have made GMOs through eons of natural and later artificial selection through processes by agriculture.

My opposition to GMOs is the fact they seem to be used as quick fix solutions. Rather than actually addressing the problems that lead to famine and food shortages, some people throw GMOs out there as the answer to problems like

Governmental instability
Too many people
Too many fat people
poor organizational skills.

and eventually they will be need to be addressed. I reckon that GMOs will postpone that reckoning, but that day will come.

2. Character Attacks: How to Properly Apply the Ad Hominem

Comment #187623 by unmolested.altar.boy on June 2, 2008 at 11:47 am

My belief is that Ad Hominem is not Ad Hominem if the person making the claim can prove it.

Then it becomes scientific theory, or perhaps a law.

3. Lizards make adaptive change

Comment #187243 by unmolested.altar.boy on June 1, 2008 at 3:43 pm

I've been curious about this and have yet to find good information, but why was this project forgotten, abandoned, neglected for so long?

Every source I've read blames it on the war, but the Homeland War did not start until 1991. Best I can guess is that someone involved in the project was cashiered as a result of the post Croatian Spring purges and nobody thought to follow up.

Anyway, if anyone can recommend a source or has more information, I'd be most obliged.