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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:26 PM Original message |
FDA OKs food from cloned animals |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. Buy stock in organic companies |
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warrens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. The offspring of a cloned animal can be completely organic |
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PaulaFarrell (840 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 02:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Untrue |
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warrens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 02:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Offspring are not clones nt |
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PaulaFarrell (840 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 03:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
50. What would be the point of allowing cloned animals to breed? |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 02:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Irrelevant |
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lastout (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
58. For the foreseeable future Protein from cloned animals would be too expensive |
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chefgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well, I can see that |
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lakercub (509 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. Cloned meat may or may not be safe |
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warrens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 04:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. That's the really important point |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
4. As someone already pointed out, the FDA isn't actually a department |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. What pointlessness |
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BattyDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
7. "virtually indistinguishable" |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 03:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
49. "virtually" tastes like chicken, |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
11. Gives "Same thing we had last Thursday" a deeper meaning |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
12. I don't see what the big deal is here. |
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Sirveri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 04:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. The only issue is having less genetic diversity in the food supply. |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 11:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
40. Exactly my thoughts. n/t |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 01:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
48. you wonder if these people would freak if they knew their cow was a twin? |
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Sirveri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 06:49 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Good point there. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 05:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. The big deal might be the same big deal as 'factory farming' |
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tinfoilinfor2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
13. I don't see how there would be a safety issue. |
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Miss Chybil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
16. Isn't it much harder to clone an animal than to get one the old-fashioned way? |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 06:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. "It's About the Patents, Stupid" |
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Miss Chybil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 07:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. And so they would have to pay even more to prevent in-breeding |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
17. Just think! You can have that favorite steak over and over again! nt |
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newscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
19. I'm not so much worried about eating cloned meat as I am |
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Earth_First (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
21. I think that the cause for concern in this amounts to this... |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
22. why clone the whole cow? |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 06:58 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Exactly, adult bovine stem cells! Petri dish steaks in under an hour! nt |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
24. Anyone else really souring on the entire food industry lately? |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 10:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
39. I've Started Home Canning |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 11:34 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. No kidding. |
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Countdown_3_2_1 (778 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
25. This doesn't bother me. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 07:52 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. You're right. And you better get some asbestos underwear. |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 08:34 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. You won't know. The Big Corporations controlling Bush will not allow the meat |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 08:57 AM Response to Reply #25 |
46. Right. It's just so interesting that these animals always sicken and die early. |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
26. Bad idea |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
28. If cloned T-bones were cheaper, I'd buy a freezer full of them. |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
30. And eating cows that ate other cows turned out so well |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
31. LBN in 2010: FDA Oks food from cloned people. |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
32. FDA approves cloned cannabis |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
34. Cloning animals is reprehensible |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:26 PM Response to Reply #34 |
53. yes twins are a terrible thing |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 09:49 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Uh, yeah. |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
35. Cloning is for weenies! We need full blown genetic modification. For example, |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 09:03 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Oh man! |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 01:39 AM Response to Reply #35 |
43. I think they are trying that already. |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
37. Tired of eating the same old burger? |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 09:18 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. straight off a big mac tree |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
42. What, they only started studying this under the repuke administration? |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 05:42 AM Response to Original message |
44. "Shut up and eat your clone." - BushCo republicons |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
45. Eating cloned animals or drinking their milk |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
47. The question remains; who will do the cloning? |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
51. This makes me want to become a vegetarian. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:27 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. don't eat fruit or nuts, they are all from cloned trees |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 03:40 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Okay, Smartass. Plants aren't the same as farm animals. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 03:17 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. More about plant cloning made easy: |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
59. Why you would want to do this in the first place |
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