On Jul 17, 12:39*pm, dpb wrote:
Robatoy wrote:
On Jul 17, 10:54 am, dpb wrote:
Limp Arbor wrote:

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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".

The 'Good Guys' would like nothing more than being the ONLY supplier
of seeds to the planet. The muscle they build into their contracts,
certainly overseas, is nothing short of extortion.
That 'wanting to feed the world' is driven purely by the kind-hearted
members of the Monsanto BoD?

Yea right.

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".

Monsanto's business model is 'control' of the planet's food. And they
care as much as the oil companies caring about the fact that Rob can
fill his car and go for a Sunday drive to smell some flowers. It is
THOSE kind of behemoth companies that give the conservatives a bad
name.
Shareholders first, screw the people.

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