readymade (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} thepessoptimist) wrote,@ 2007-01-23 18:25:00 |
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I don't want to eat Dolly the sheep!
Wow. Been a while, hasn't it?
I don't really have anything of interest to write here, other than that I, as a red-meat-eatin', reformed vege-ma-tarian draw the line at eatin' me some cloned critter. And if you're not all, "I love Blade Runner! I want ALL our animals to be clones!", you should tell the FDA you're not interested in eating CC the Cat either.
This is what I wrote:
I am gravely concerned about the use of any genetically altered foodstuff in our groceries, and I remain even more concerned about the possibility of cloned animals entering the food supply.
While there may be little or no discernible difference between a cloned sheep and a regular sheep, the fact is we actually don't know what the differences might be. There simply hasn't been enough time to examine the issue in depth.
And even if the evidence comes up inconclusive or positive, we are forced to ask the question, "What is the benefit of using a clone rather than a natural animal?" Hasn't our knowledge of animal husbandry reached a sophisticated level? Aren't we advanced enough to, through tested breeding practices, create the animals we want to consume?
It is a slippery slope, a trite euphemism but one that is apt here: If we introduce cloned animals, it opens up a whole avenue of dubious ethical practices to the marketplace, ones that inevitably will benefit the business people in charge of R&D, but few of the consumers left with little or no proper information or resources regarding their food supply.
Please do not allow this practice. It is at its root an unnecessary conceit. Remember the maxim: "Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should."
Yours,
Write to them because you love to eat meat that doesn't resemble Aldous Huxley's worst nightmares.
Wow. Been a while, hasn't it?
I don't really have anything of interest to write here, other than that I, as a red-meat-eatin', reformed vege-ma-tarian draw the line at eatin' me some cloned critter. And if you're not all, "I love Blade Runner! I want ALL our animals to be clones!", you should tell the FDA you're not interested in eating CC the Cat either.
This is what I wrote:
I am gravely concerned about the use of any genetically altered foodstuff in our groceries, and I remain even more concerned about the possibility of cloned animals entering the food supply.
While there may be little or no discernible difference between a cloned sheep and a regular sheep, the fact is we actually don't know what the differences might be. There simply hasn't been enough time to examine the issue in depth.
And even if the evidence comes up inconclusive or positive, we are forced to ask the question, "What is the benefit of using a clone rather than a natural animal?" Hasn't our knowledge of animal husbandry reached a sophisticated level? Aren't we advanced enough to, through tested breeding practices, create the animals we want to consume?
It is a slippery slope, a trite euphemism but one that is apt here: If we introduce cloned animals, it opens up a whole avenue of dubious ethical practices to the marketplace, ones that inevitably will benefit the business people in charge of R&D, but few of the consumers left with little or no proper information or resources regarding their food supply.
Please do not allow this practice. It is at its root an unnecessary conceit. Remember the maxim: "Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should."
Yours,
Write to them because you love to eat meat that doesn't resemble Aldous Huxley's worst nightmares.
