i would like to jump in on the "rights" question . . . in many legal systems
(such as the united states) one establishes rights to one's house by
building it or causing it to be built in a legal way, or one acquire's
rights to one's house by purchasing it from a person authorized to sell it .
. . many of the persons concerned about gmo's feel that the genetic material
was taken from the common heritage of humankind, and thus cannot
appropriately be an object of private ownership
cheers,
craig
craig k harris
department of sociology
center for integrated plant systems
michigan state university
429b berkey hall
east lansing michigan 48824-1111
tel: 517-355-5048
fax: 517-432-2856
-----Original Message-----
From: Byron Simonds [mailto:bsimonds@hertford.ces.state.nc.us]
Sent: Thursday 16 March 2000 4:14 PM
To: loscott@envsci.rutgers.EDU
Cc: sanet
Subject: Re: being a heretic...fermentation products
On Mar 16, 3:35pm, Loren Muldowney wrote:
> It is not reasonable to grant "rights" to a technology.
Byron Simonds wrote:
Why not? Don't you have rights to your home and property? I do and I don't
like
it when someone infringes on those rights! I don't think someone should be
able
to come into my house without asking and take something I have worked hard
for.
Why should technology be different?
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