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1) The problem with poor people not having enough to eat is unrelated to underproduction of food. It's a much more complex problem then that. 2) Ask the thous

1) The problem with poor people not having enough to eat is unrelated to underproduction of food. It's a much more complex problem then that. 2) Ask the thousands of Indian farmers who committed suicide because their crops failed how helpful Monsanto was. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1082559/The-GM-genocide-Thousands-Indian-farmers-committing-suicide-using-genetically-modified-crops.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1082559/The-GM-genoc... "When crops failed in the past, farmers could still save seeds and replant them the following year. But with GM seeds they cannot do this. That's because GM seeds contain so- called 'terminator technology', meaning that they have been genetically modified so that the resulting crops do not produce viable seeds of their own. As a result, farmers have to buy new seeds each year at the same punitive prices. For some, that means the difference between life and death." 3) Monsant's entire argument rests on taking farmers' rights away. From TFA: "Monsanto contends that the patent violation is Bowman's fault because he took the grains and used them to create new versions of Monsanto's patented soybeans that Monsanto, the patent holder, hadn't sold him." Monsanto wants planting a seed to be patent violation. They want to stop you buying something and putting it into the ground. Fuck Monsanto and everything that they stand for.

Blahah 14y ago
Please don't perpetuate the Indian Farmer Suicides fallacy. It's a real and tragic phenomenon but it is not about GM seeds or Monsanto, starting long before they entered India. There's a very good review by IFPRI here: http://www.ifpri.org/publication/bt-cotton-and-farmer-suicides-india http://www.ifpri.org/publication/bt-cotton-and-farmer-suicid....
penny500 14y ago
This is completely misinformed. a) False. "However, a 2008 report by the International Food Policy Research Institute showed that there was no evidence for an increased suicide rate following the 2002 introduction of Bt cotton, but instead that the rate had been consistent since 1997." b) If a farmer buys seeds with the condition that they not replant those seeds, what happens if they do replant? Aren't they violating the terms of their purchase? It's like me buying a software license for 1-year, and not renewing but continuing to use the software beyond the expiration. c) If someone knowingly uses a patented product without paying the patent holder, you're saying that they're not liable? "Fuck Monsanto and everything that they stand for." Edgy.

Blahah 14y ago

Please don't perpetuate the Indian Farmer Suicides fallacy. It's a real and tragic phenomenon but it is not about GM seeds or Monsanto, starting long before they entered India. There's a very good review by IFPRI here: http://www.ifpri.org/publication/bt-cotton-and-farmer-suicides-india http://www.ifpri.org/publication/bt-cotton-and-farmer-suicid....

penny500 14y ago

This is completely misinformed. a) False. "However, a 2008 report by the International Food Policy Research Institute showed that there was no evidence for an increased suicide rate following the 2002 introduction of Bt cotton, but instead that the rate had been consistent since 1997." b) If a farmer buys seeds with the condition that they not replant those seeds, what happens if they do replant? Aren't they violating the terms of their purchase? It's like me buying a software license for 1-year, and not renewing but continuing to use the software beyond the expiration. c) If someone knowingly uses a patented product without paying the patent holder, you're saying that they're not liable? "Fuck Monsanto and everything that they stand for." Edgy.