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Patents on plants is an abysmally stupid idea that shouldn't exist.
by shmerl 4y ago
Patents on plants is an abysmally stupid idea that shouldn't exist.
- college_physics 4y agoIf you can bribe a politician, the abyss is legal all the way down
- pfdietz 4y agoThey serve a legitimate public purpose, to allow the creators of new plant varieties to earn enough to justify their creation. Why are you entitled to the results of this effort but deny the creators their due? Do you think these varieties just come into existence out of thin air, and those patenting them are somehow unfairly exploiting a windfall?
- shmerl 4y agoThat's a sarcastic post I assume? Because the notion of patenting life forms is simply evil. No one should be entitled to it. And those who allowed it are corrupt crooks.
- pfdietz 4y agoI utterly reject your assertion that patenting life forms is evil. There is nothing wrong with it. Indeed, patenting crop plants can greatly contribute to human welfare. I consider your interference with that for spurious reasons to be the evil here.
- shmerl 4y agoUtterly rejecting won't whitewash it and excusing this with "contributing to welfare" is double evil in itself. Those who wanted to contribute to welfare wouldn't have tried to patent it. Like those in the above link for example. They contribute to welfare, not the scum like Monsanto and Co.
- pfdietz 4y agoI'm just informing you that your ethics here are without rational foundation. Why should anyone care one iota what you consider to be evil, if you cannot justify it? This merely reflects your irrational phobias, not anything anyone else needs to take seriously.
- shmerl 4y agoI'm informing you that ethics of patenting life are evil on the border of "mad science". Not really interested in debunking this nonsense anymore.
- pfdietz 4y agoYes, you are the touchstone that defines what ethics is. Everyone else must bow down to your pronouncements; asking for justification is not allowed (is that also "evil"?)