[extropy-chat] glo-fish

[Spike]

> > --- Spike <spike66 at comcast.net> wrote
> > > Schuchat commented:
> > > 
> > > "For me it's a question of values, it's not a question of 
> > > science," said commissioner Sam Schuchat. "I think selling 
> > > genetically modified fish as pets is wrong."
...

What if you bought a bunch of these, bred them in
your home aquarium, then released or sold the offspring?
Could you claim that they were not genetically
engineered?  I don't see why not: they were, after
all, conceived and born the old-fashioned way.  Of
course, their parents may have been a bit unusual...

If these glo-fish can be procluded from sale, then
they must be considered a unique species.  So if
some of these escaped into the wild, could not
one argue that this is a rare and endangered species?  
And therefore all building within 10 miles must halt
forthwith.  Merely point to the building project you
would like to see stopped.

spike