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Thus my problems with Monsanto. It just reeks that they knew the outcome of all this and have tried to set themselves up as the owners of all seeds involved in
by talmand 14y ago
Thus my problems with Monsanto. It just reeks that they knew the outcome of all this and have tried to set themselves up as the owners of all seeds involved in farming they provide seeds for. If they started with sterile seeds that could not be cross pollinated then I would slightly different attitude towards them.
But I would still think it wrong for them to attack farmers who unknowingly end up with their seeds, such as from a granary like in the linked article. They should have to prove the farmer tried to get such seeds through improper channels.
- danielweber 14y agoPeople were freaking out over terminator seeds, claiming it was going to (somehow) spread to other things and end all life on earth. Monsanto responded by pledging not to use terminator seeds. The anti-GMO crowd got exactly what they wanted. [1] It's churlish for the mob to claim they were bad for wanting to use terminator seeds, and then claim that they don't have protection because they didn't use terminator seeds. [1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/465969.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/465969.stm
- talmand 14y agoI don't consider myself part of a mob. It seems that since Monsanto's seeds are spreading into farmer's fields that did not intend to have them then I would say the fear of the terminator seeds spreading might be valid. I would think the anti-GMO crowd's point is that they don't want gene spliced seeds at all in the first place.