WHY DID MY BLOG DISAPPEAR AND CAN IT BE RETRIEVED ??
I JUST WASTED TWO HOURS WRITING A BLOG LIMITED TO 2000 CHARS AND WHEN ALMOST DONE A POP UP APPEARED FROM A FRIEND WANTING TO SAY HI. WHEN I TRIED TO RETURN TO COMPLETE THE BLOG THE ENTIRE TEXT WAS GONE AND I COULD NOT RETRIEVE IT! WRITING THE BLOG WAS OF COURSE NOT A WASTE OF TIME BUT THE FACT THAT IT JUST DISAPPEARED WITHOUT WARNING WAS MORE THAN FRUSTRATING AND A SOURCE OF UNHAPPINESS. WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY ???CAN IT BE RETRIEVED ???
THE BLOG STARTED AS A RESPONSE TO THE QUESTION FROM NARSI ABOUT GENETIC ENGINEERING.
MY ANSWER WAS NO AND I SUGGESTED USING EXTREME CAUTION SINCE GM ALGAE CAN BE UNPREDICTABLE AND CANNOT BE RECALLED ONCE RELEASED INTO THE ENVIRONMENT.
I USED MONSANTO AS AN EXAMPLE OF A GIANT TYRANNICAL CORPORATION POSSIBLY SIMILAR TO THE EMERGING GM ALGAE SEED GIANTS TO WHOM FUTURE ALGAE RESEARCHERS MAY HAVE TO PAY TRIBUTE AND HOMAGE IF THEY WANT TO DEVELOP ALGAE FUELS AND OTHER PRODUCTS.
I SUGGESTED OLD FASHIONED MENDELIAN HYBRIDS AND THE MANY NATURALLY OCCURRING SPECIES AS ALTERNATIVES WHICH DO NOT REQUIRE PERMISSION FROM AND TRIBUTE TO A MONOPOLY AND WHICH SEEM TO BE POTENTIALLY LESS HARMFUL SINCE THEY ARE PROVIDED BY MOTHER NATURE AND, IN THE CASE OF HYBRIDS, ARE ALLOWED BY MOTHER NATURE. TORTURE AND/OR FRANKENSTINIAN MANIPULATION OF LIVING SPECIES IS GENERALLY NOT REQUIRED WITH THIS APPROACH AND THE RESEARCHER/DEVELOPER/ENTREPRENEUR HAS MORE FREEDOM.
I MENTIONED BRIEFLY THE DIFFERENT AND OPPOSITE OPINIONS REPORTED ON IN THE NY TIMES ARTICLE OF 7-26-10 AND THAT THERE WAS STRONG CONCERN ABOUT DANGERS IN SOME PARTS OF ACADEMIA. DEFENSES OF ALGAE GENETIC ENGINEERING QUOTED IN THE ARTICLE CAME FROM PERSONS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE INDUSTRY.
I STARTED TO CONCLUDE WITH THE OPINION THAT WE SHOULD BEWARE OF AND AVOID TECHNOLOGICAL FIXES WHICH TURN OUT TO BE FAUSTIAN BARGAINS. (THE GERMAN WRITER GOETHE IS PROBABLY BEST KNOWN FOR A STORY IN WHICH HIS PRINCIPAL CHARACTER FAUST MAKES A PACT WITH THE DEVIL AND THERE IS HELL TO PAY AFTERWARDS) I BEGAN TO MENTION SOME EXAMPLES OF SUCH BARGAINS SUCH AS BGH FROM MONSANTO AND OTHERS WHEN THE MESSAGE WAS LOST.
I STILL DO NOT KNOW HOW TO FULLY NAVIGATE AND USE THE OILGAE CLUB SITE BUT I WELCOME ALL FRIENDS. HOPE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE TIME FOR CHAT.
I HOPE THAT THIS MESSAGE DOES NOT DISAPPEAR INTO CYBERSPACE.
SOME SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND COMMENTARY, SOME OF IT VERY STRONG, ABOUT MONSANTO AND GENETIC ENGINEERING GENERALLY, MAY BE AVAILABLE AT USA WEB SITES FOR ORGANIC CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION, MIKE ADAMS, INSIDER @NATURAL NEWS AMONG MANY OTHERS.
BEST REGARDS TO ALL AND THANKS FOR ALL THAT YOU DO,
bobdre
Thu August 19 2010 01:11:03 AM by Bobdre
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