Re:GM food is not a good idea yet (Score 1)

I apologize if anyone has already made this point, but we (humans) have been genetically modifying food for thousands of years, and we aren't all dead yet. Corn used to be 2-3 inches long, before native americans began breeding better strains. Have you ever seen a seedless orange? Drank French wine that was grown after american cuttings were grafted on? Smoked a cigarette? Plants aren't the only things that we have changed, either. Dogs are the most obvious example, since everything from a tiny terriers to great danes came from wild dogs that were domesticated. However, everyone panics when we use some of the devil-spawned modern technology that we have available to speed and refine this process. I certainly agree that genetically modifying food, especially with modern techniques, can be dangerous, but I am actually more concerned about people genetically modifying diseases. Seriously,what do you think we are more likely to be harmed by: a terrorist with genetically modified flu, or rice with added beta carotene?