> There's a very good concern .. if Monsanto patents the genomes .. The trouble is the anti-GMO-on-principle stance badly undermines the political case for tak

> There's a very good concern .. if Monsanto patents the genomes .. The trouble is the anti-GMO-on-principle stance badly undermines the political case for taking such concerns seriously, by a sort of unintended divide-and-conquer. It's much easier for legislators to ignore corporate power over food production systems when so many of the objections come from obvious crazies. And it's hard for those of us who are suspicious of the Monsantos of this world but are otherwise pro-knowledge to make common political cause with people who think GMOs are 'evil' (due to their Manichaeanism they'll reject anyone who isn't anti-GMO on principle as political allies).