In a message dated 12/2/00 9:49:09 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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> These few words reflect my views, and I am envious that I have been unable
>  to formulate the expression as well as Mark.  When all the dust is settled,
>  many years from now, my guess is that today's fuss and bother will look
>  reasonably silly

The discoverer of  DDT 's usefullness as an insecticide recieved a Nobel
prize in 1948.
Now we know better.
Perhaps GM crops will be as big a benefit as DDT was or as big a mistake.
Right now the only mistake is to hurry.