Pasteurization...uh...

[Archon]

   It isnt nostalgia Mr. P, I had an apple that they didnt mess with recently and it was so amazingly good. It might not be that the other apples are altered, but it sure seems like it.

[Mr_Pleasington]

I can't tell you what it is then, Archon.  But I can tell you, with certainty, it is not the genetic modifications.

[Spriggan]

On a similar note (and at the risk of offending those on the board who probably ought to be offended):

People here in Utah, particularly Davis County, are voting this fall on whether we should flouridate the water.  And I am amazed at how strong the opposition is!  The American Dental Association says it's excellent for our teeth, and the American Medical Association says that it has no harmful effects -- so why in the world are people opposed to it?

My theory: because people are stupid.

Flouride was an illegal substance in Japan until about 6 years ago, the reason being is that if you drink several gallons of pure flouride it can cause cancer.  Of course, this is comming from the people that won't eat burnt toast (or any slightly burned food) becsaue it can cause cancer as well.

[fuzzyoctopus]

I was going to remark yet again how weird the Japanese are, but there's no point anymore.

[EUOL]

Here.  Let's just post this instead:

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20041007/D85IANR00.html

[stacer]

Where do you get these things?

[JP Dogberry]

Ok, so I went to the dentist today, since about a third of one particular tooth was discovered the other day to be absent, presumed gone. Incidently, it was simply a case of chipped enamal, but while I was there, he said I had good teeth, and asked me where I grew up, claiming they must add fluride to the water.

I pointed out that he was right, but thought best not to mention that the taste of the stuff is so disgusting I filtered it out before drinking.

[fuzzyoctopus]

EUOL I find that less weird than the flouride thing.  That is comprehensible, because I knew plenty of Americans who have that fear (There's a name for it, by the way).

[Skar]

I can't tell you what it is then, Archon.  But I can tell you, with certainty, it is not the genetic modifications.

I admit to being very curious  how one can state with such certainty that genetic modifications do not change the taste of fruit.  At first glance it is not obvious to me that it wouldn't.  

Curious not confrontational.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

I can't tell you what it is then, Archon.  But I can tell you, with certainty, it is not the genetic modifications.

I demand to know how one can state with such certainty that genetic modifications do not change the taste of fruit.  At first glance it is not obvious to me that it wouldn't.  

Confrontational not curious.

[Skar]

Are you mocking me?

Defend yourself!

Ow, let go of my arm, I was just kidding.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

/me morphs into Sean Connery

I suddenly remembered my Adams... " I demand that I may or may not be Vroomfondle."

[Sigyn]

Everyone knows that fluoride is a communist plot to corrupt our precious bodily fluids. And  by the way, I did learn to stop worrying and love the bomb.

[Archon]

Of course I like talking to you Dimitri. Are you drunk Dimitri?

[Mr_Pleasington]

I demand to know how one can state with such certainty that genetic modifications do not change the taste of fruit.  At first glance it is not obvious to me that it wouldn't.  

Confrontational not curious.

Simple, I'm a scientist.  I've got my bachelor's in biology and I've focused on genetics since high school (we had a great high school program).  Genetic engineering was something I was always curious about and have done a ton of reading and lit review.  Since plants are the vast majority of subjects at this point, and I come from an agricultural background, I got to know quite a lot about modified plants.  

So I know what I'm talking about here.