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I’m not opposed to cloned meat, though I admit that I know little about the issue.  Are there health implications?

If there aren’t any, I’m all for it...though the ranching industry isn’t likely to be happy about it.

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I think this is a positive development. I think a lot of the backlash against GM foods (which is really all this is) is unwarranted. I’d welcome any changes that allow people to consume meat without inflicting pain on other animals.

Humans aren’t animals, Davey.  Humans are humans.

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

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Dave, I agree with you on this one.

Even if we disagree with the moral equation of whether it is appropriate for humans to kill animals as a food source, there are some potential benefits from this.  I don’t know that it will ever display beef farms entirely (e.g., grain-fed angus), but it does give people an option they didn’t have before.

That is especially significant for veal production, I think, since with much of our veal production basically simulates vat-grown beef, by confining the calf so it can’t move and feeding it a liquid diet.

In my mind, that’s just completely sick.

Dave

I think a lot of the backlash against GM foods (which is really all this is) is unwarranted. I’d welcome any changes that allow people to consume meat without inflicting pain on other animals.

I don’t think your position is consistent with PETA’s feelings on the subject. Did you check your brain er… I mean PETA’s website before you endorsed GM foods.

I am against GM foods.

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