epidemic mutations predicted by x-men;

"They were right," say psuedo-scientists

Europeans and Americans are at loggerheads over a very contentious issue. There are street protests. Diplomatic squabbles play out. Emotions run deep. No, it's not some recent war that will go unnamed. The issue is Frankenfood. So what gives with the Transatlantic contrast? Like the mob hysteria of the peasants who wanted to burn the monster in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, there is much simple fear of the unknown at work here. But caution is still warranted. I say that the proper approach on GM crops is that where there are errors and arrogance, chastise the corporations, and not the tech. [Kuro5hin.org]