On Tue, 8 Aug 2000 09:16:53 -0500, Ward Nicholson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Yes, the article is a spoof. It's labeled as a hoax right at the top of the >article. However, it's also intended to encourage people to think about >these issues by the use of the humor. I admit I skipped the spoof-proof als smallprint on the top of the page. However thinking about the theme quickly bounced my own spoof check.. (seriously, cow-genes are much more voluminous as any plant's and cannot be cut-and-pasted into apple sequences - they can only "paste" small sequences) I consider the genetic engeneering a (possibly high) threat, so i thought I'd include some own thoughts about it. And how one could come to such an idea anyway (may it be humor or other). After all which an emerging grin.. I enjoyed your introducing of a little humor into the always serious topics and visited the rest of your humor section as well. thank you for that :-) Amadeus