A friend of mine shared this article with me about genetically engineered foods. Knowing my love of wheatgrass and the like and my pathetic inability to be disciplined with my natural eating, it was both inspirational and infuriating.

Following are some highlights of our conversation following the reading:

Me: Still reading… So even though the guy makes a hybrid “naturally”, he’s still forcing natures hand…any better / any worse?
Friend: well, look at other plants that are “hybrids” by growing them together. There are many plants who grow close to each other and end up taking qualities of the other
Me: Sure but that’s nature doing it’s own thing, a happy accident…evolution, if you will
Friend: So it is much more natural than injecting a gene into a seed
Me: Right. And more natural than some guy mixing pollen or whatever in a petrie dish
Friend: We have some great plants that were “spliced” together and are as natural as either of the individuals
Me: Just sayin, it’s still humans screwing with nature
Friend: Sure, but it is something that is done without chemicals…
Friend: I agree with what you are saying, and we will find out if it has consequences, but i would rather eat something from a more natural conglomeration than a chemical based GM food
Me: Or our grandnieces and grandnephews will
Me: absolutely
Me: What’s the saying though… call a spade a spade?
Me: it’s still a spade
Friend: True but i don’t think that it will be harmful to us by putting two types of the same plant together.
Me: Maybe not harmful, but things were created the way they were for a reason.
Me: Not our place to fuck with it s’all I’m sayin
Me: What if some other being decided it made more sense for us to have 4 legs
Me: 8 eyes
Me: and genetically engineered us by mating us with Barnum and Baileys Side Show Freaks to make it so
Me: s’all I’m sayin
Friend: haha
Me: seriously
Friend: i know what you are saying, don’t completely agree, but somewhat do
Me: humans are ignorant in their belief of their intelligence
Me: and besides, can we focus on finding a cure for cancer and stop fucking around with tomatoes?
Friend: HA!
Friend: who cares about cancer?