# Republican Debate 2/6/16 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 7, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-debate-2-6-16/745376 "2016-02-07T01:37:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/do_not_taunt/32/2968_2.png) [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-debate-2-6-16/745376/161 "2016-02-10T21:02:21Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Good point. Label the radiation-blasted stuff, too. How about you demonstrate it actually matters first? ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-debate-2-6-16/745376/162 "2016-02-10T21:25:44Z")
The most likely way to tell whether it matters is through big Framingham type studies. And then you need people to be able to record which type of food they are eating. In the meantime, some of us should be able to choose not to be the guinea pigs, or canaries in the coal mine if you will. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-debate-2-6-16/745376/163 "2016-02-10T21:34:35Z")
A few years ago, there was a proposition on the California ballot requiring mandatory GMO labeling, but there were so many exceptions written into the proposition by special interests, it was ridiculous. so I voted against it. If there were an iron-clad proposition, I would have no problem with supporting it. It doesn’t hurt to let people know what they’re eating. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-debate-2-6-16/745376/164 "2016-02-10T22:04:33Z")
> [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](#): > > How about you demonstrate it actually matters first? Right, because that approach worked so well for cigarettes. ETA: Look, I think they’re probably harmless, but I don’t KNOW. And in my uninformed opinion, it seems like it wouldn’t be very hard or expensive to note when artificial techniques are used, just like we do with other artificial ingredients. Like somebody said above, there’s no need to have it in huge type with a skull and crossbones, but what’s the harm of listing it with the other ingredients, or (in the case of raw fruit or veggies) having a little sticker, like they do for organic? ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-debate-2-6-16/745376/165 "2016-02-11T02:11:26Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Good point. Label the radiation-blasted stuff, too. Then we should also label cross-breeds and other types of hybrids, because we _know_ that has an effect and we _don’t know_ what effect it has. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-debate-2-6-16/745376/166 "2016-02-11T02:12:55Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > A few years ago, there was a proposition on the California ballot requiring mandatory GMO labeling, but there were so many exceptions written into the proposition by special interests, it was ridiculous. so I voted against it. If there were an iron-clad proposition, I would have no problem with supporting it. It doesn’t hurt to let people know what they’re eating. Then write labels with exactly what the differences from the wild-type fruits and vegetables are, on all plants we eat, regardless of where those differences come from. Hybridization is GM. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-debate-2-6-16/745376/167 "2016-02-11T02:14:13Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > **Derleth** , I’m going to take your silence as tacit admission that you do have an economic motive for your opinion. Silence about what? What the Hell are you talking about? ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-debate-2-6-16/745376/168 "2016-02-11T02:16:10Z")
I asked if you worked for the big agribusiness industries that have a financial stake in suppressing this information. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-debate-2-6-16/745376/169 "2016-02-11T03:08:31Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Then write labels with exactly what the differences from the wild-type fruits and vegetables are, on all plants we eat, regardless of where those differences come from. Hybridization is GM. I agree. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-debate-2-6-16/745376.md?page=8)