dpb wrote:
Robatoy wrote:
On Jul 17, 10:54 am, dpb wrote:
Limp Arbor wrote:

...

Also the arrogance is unmatched:
Genetically engineered crop 'experiments' that get into the food
supply
This is almost entirely so patently a made up issue that to even
begin in a usenet thread is pointless so...


Sooo.. Monsanto are the good guys? Sterile seeds are a good idea?
Patented seeds are cool?

In many ways, yes, Monsanto and the others developing more
productive
and cost-effective ways to produce food to feed the world's growing
population are, indeed, "the good guys".

Patented seeds are a new concept, granted; I never said anything
about
"perfect world", did I? OTOH, drugs and other technology is
patented
and is at least part of the driving mechanism that continues to fund
research so it's part of "pay the fiddler".


This "sterile seeds" business is just plain ignorance. If they were
"sterile" then they wouldn't sprout.

As for "patented seeds", patents are a legal issue, not a scientific
one, scientists didn't write the patent laws, politicians did.

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