18 Jan 2003 | ry rivard said...

It depends on who you trust, Darwin or Monsanto.

18 Jan 2003 | Lee said...

Surly if it's modified then the original no longer exists - so it hasn't been saved!

18 Jan 2003 | Eric said...

Two questions:

[1] How did it ever come to this in the first place?

[2] Are there not any varieties extant in the wild which do have seeds?

18 Jan 2003 | said...

[1] The edible banana is propogate via cuttings. It's never had seeds (think seedless grapes, etc...) So it's already been 'genetically modified' in a sense.

[2] The wild ones are the reason that they made the edible variety. The wild one have too many seeds to be edible.

That said, I don't see why they couldn't go back to the wild ones and do what they did the first time.

19 Jan 2003 | Don Schenck said...

What is the big deal about extinction? I mean ... yeah ... it'd be nice if the very weak could survive, but face it: most species that ever existed are now extinct.

Get it over it. Life, death, extinction, creation ... it's all part of the great Mandala.

20 Jan 2003 | Darrel said...

"What is the big deal about extinction?"

But they're BANANAS! Sure...I wouldn't mind if a few species of monkeys disappeared, or a few ethnic groups get 'cleansed' or we blow up an entire ecosystem in war...but DON'T TAKE MY BANANAS!

20 Jan 2003 | pb said...

The banana dying out in 10 years? Sounds hysterical.

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