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[VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>]

I think that a lot of, maybe most people only look at
the short term consequences, and aren't aware of or
ignore the long term.
I see farmers who are gradually destroying their land
instead of building up the soil, only one example of
environmental short sightedness.  I see corporations
going for quarterly profits instead investment in the
long term future.  I see children being taught to the
test instead of real education which is to teach the
student to want to learn.  I see government trying to
do too much now without taxing enough or lowering the
spending to the level of money coming in, thus
creating dept that will haunt future generation.
I see myself sitting here at the computer, instead of
doing all the things and need to do now, causing me
extra work or expense in the future.
Van Dell

--- sanrico AT highdesert.com wrote:

> Thanks, Rob -
> I guess that's what I meant to say...don't mess with
> Mother Nature?
> Looking back on when I was raising my kids, I see
> now that one of my weak areas
> was "consequences". Not immediate consequences, like
> what-happens-if you stick
> your hand in the fire...but long-term consequences
> that will eventually affect
> your whole life. They're all mid-forties now, and I
> see them do things once in a
> while that make me wanna scream, "What were you
> thinking!?"
> I hope the remnants of mankind don't have to look
> back someday and ask, "What
> were we thinking?"
> Sandy 
> 
> On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 08:52:19 -0500, "Robert Walton"
> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > >
>
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6261427.stm
> > >
> > > Chickens genetically modified to fight cancer.
> > > --
> > 
> > Well, I guess if I needed cancer treatment and
> could not afford it,
> > I'd be in favor of this. But, I'd know that the
> large corporations
> > that produce these drugs need to stay profitable
> and if the bottom
> > falls out of the cancer drug market, they will
> need to find another
> > way to stay profitable.
> > 
> > I wonder what the introduced gene is?
> > 
> > In general, this news does not stray from other
> genetic engineering.
> > Man has this need to change his environment. The
> problem is that
> > generally our changes to not have the forsight to
> fully anticipate the
> > results of these changes.
> > 
> > Rob - Va
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