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¡¡¡¡Susie goes for lunch at Pete¡¯s Diner.

¡¡¡¡Pete: Hey there, Susie. The usual?

¡¡¡¡Susie: Pete, does your restaurant serve genetically modified food?

¡¡¡¡Pete: Oh, no. Are you turningsintosa New Age Luddite?1

¡¡¡¡Susie: No, I¡¯m just trying to cut GM foods out of my diet. I don¡¯t believe in them.

¡¡¡¡Pete: What¡¯s not to believe in? Are you against increased yields for farmers or foods with enhanced nutritional value?

¡¡¡¡Susie: Neither. I just don¡¯t like the potential downside.

¡¡¡¡Pete: I haven¡¯t heard of any downside.

¡¡¡¡Susie: That¡¯s the point. Nobody knows. Genetically modified foods have been foisted2 on an unwitting public without adequate testing.

¡¡¡¡Pete: But the technology being used will result in crops that thrive on nonarable3 land.

¡¡¡¡Susie: Yes, yes. They¡¯ll contain more vitamins and will be more resistant to pests. I know the arguments.

¡¡¡¡Pete: And farmers can decrease their use of dangerous herbicides and pesticides. You have to like that.

¡¡¡¡Susie: Naturally, but those inherent defences could spread to plants in the same family and produce super weeds that would require even more toxic herbicides to control.

¡¡¡¡Pete: Susie, I think you¡¯re overreacting.

¡¡¡¡Susie: Besides, I have food allergies. What if I eat some soybean product that¡¯s spliced4 with Brazil nuts? I might have a reaction.

¡¡¡¡Pete:¡°Could¡±?¡°Might¡±?¡°What if? You¡¯re paranoid.

¡¡¡¡Susie: It¡¯s natural to fear the unknown when you¡¯re stumbling in the dark.