firecracker22
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- Oct 23, 2000
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It was called "Tampering with Nature" and I forget the host's name (Last name was Stossel or Strossel or something). He presented a science- and technology-friendly view of things like genetic altered cows and corn, the possibility of genetically altered humans, global warming and the myth of destroying Earth. He confronted green activists on their "education" (read: brain-washing) of children that humans are destroying Earth and we're all going to die. He asked them if they had studied recent statistics on things like the recovery of wildlife on oilfields in Alaska and the "activists" weren't even aware that caribou populations have quintupled. He discussed evidence that blows global warming out of the water (1/2 a degree in 100 years isn't much of a warming trend). He spoke with farmers and scientists about genetically altered cows and crops--and pointed out that they're safer for us than traditional crossbreeding. He spoke with native Americans who cling to the old ways yet have running water in their modern homes, but say it's "Not their choice"--yet they still choose to live there rather than in teepees or long houses or whatever their tribes use. He visited a remote valley on Hawaii with no modern amenities where people have tried to "live at one with nature"--and with a very few exceptions, returned to running water, insulated walls and electricity.
Some of the rallies and things he showed were funny--people wearing silk choir robes and chanting outside a Starbucks. Others were scary--people in white biohazard suits chopping down and ripping up bioengineered crops in Britain and burning down research facilities. Heck, that happened last summer over in the Puget Sound area and in Portland. Some group burned down a branch location of UW where they were studying different breeds of trees.
I'm not trying to start a political threat here but most of us do agree that the green freaks are out of control. This show really blew most of their "statistics" and "proof" they prattle on about out of the water. I will write ABC and congratulate them on airing the show. Does anyone know the host's name? Has he done other shows? If we can get shows like Tampering with Nature to air on other channels, the balance might start to swing a little more towards even.
Some of the rallies and things he showed were funny--people wearing silk choir robes and chanting outside a Starbucks. Others were scary--people in white biohazard suits chopping down and ripping up bioengineered crops in Britain and burning down research facilities. Heck, that happened last summer over in the Puget Sound area and in Portland. Some group burned down a branch location of UW where they were studying different breeds of trees.
I'm not trying to start a political threat here but most of us do agree that the green freaks are out of control. This show really blew most of their "statistics" and "proof" they prattle on about out of the water. I will write ABC and congratulate them on airing the show. Does anyone know the host's name? Has he done other shows? If we can get shows like Tampering with Nature to air on other channels, the balance might start to swing a little more towards even.