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Old 03-16-2010, 08:26 PM   #10
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Am I the only one who feels this to be a wee bit disjointed? The first half says practically nothing, then it introduces that dirt-poor people seem happier (should everyone bee a Burmese refugee with a stick hut, pooping in the forest?), then jump to a suggestion of trying to measure a country's wealth in a subjective way because the objective method doesn't care if it's war or peace then there is thins thing about women's being "nurturing and patient", as if you could pigeonhole genders but forgets about it, then goes on an an eco-rant that is very hippie but has good and stupid things in an equal measure.

And no, genetically modified products do not "damage our natural habitat and poison people". That's a lie. Everything we eat is genetically modified. Chickens, grain, wheat, corn, everything. The only difference is that what we had to do over thousands of years before, we can achieve in a lab just in a few years.

Musicians should stay away from politics and stick to what they are good at.
Hmmm... Do you know anything about GNH (Gross National Happiness). Because I agree completely with Damien about GNP and GNH. I think GNH is a better system to go by. If you saw the Michael J Fox documentary on ABC (i think it was abc) on (i think it was) optimism (right?) he went to the country with the highest GNH and I myself would love to go there because it includes countries that aren't as advanced as NA or European countries and it doesn't involve money.

As for the food part, I don't remember reading that quote... did i miss a line? I remember him saying organic foods I think but nothing about GMP... But i do have this to say about GMP's... They can be a good thing, but right now we don't know if they are safe or not. Short term we can maybe say they are, but in the long run we don't know. It can be good for when the day comes that we can't produce the amounts of food that we need to (which in a way is right now) and it can be bad if it does have a impact on our health. Working in a grocery store where products are looked into very thoroughly for GMO's, chemicals, preservatives, and all those bad things you don't want in foods before they make it to the shelf. I for one do my best to go organic or as natural as possible because I don't think we should be putting all these chemicals and crap in our bodies.

Anyways, i'm losing track of where i'm going now... haha. off to work i go!

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