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Thank you for bringing public awareness to Monsanto
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Ok. Sure americans don't read. But without Monsanto, the cost of food would go up, handbags something people around the world would care about.
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The real "evil" thing about Monsanto is that they don't allow farmers to harvest seeds from GMOs, forcing them to by new seed every year. This happens not just in the US but also 3rd world nations where this policy is crippling those economies.
Without Monsanto, there'd be no need for Monsanto.
Without Monsanto, nature could be, well, natural.
The public is sadly ignorant about the benefits of GMOs. And they're misinformed about their safety, thanks to the New Age nuts who don't vaccinate their kids.
I quite agree.
The "GMOs feed more people" is propaganda from the company, and the American government, since the two are one in the same. Same employees, passing. "Safety laws" on their own product. Can't get more biased than that.
And I don't trust people that have to use deceptive work-arounds in order to get someone to label their products safe.
All the propaganda in the world won't work to change my mind. GMO is bizarre and unnatural, no matter how much propaganda you've been tricked into believing, you have to admit that.
The white house, which employees ex-Monsanto employees, has their own Organic garden. They refuse to eat any of Monsanto's pesticide ridden vegetables or GMO vegetables. That tells me all I need to know about what they beleive is safe to eat.
I'm glad I get to tap and kill those little green GMO monsters running through my town.
& the hauntingly groovy Halloween flavored splashscreen pretty much says it all...
-not to mention the hysterical Ghostbusters flavor 'Slimer-Veggies' requiring capture:twisted:
I don't mind you disagreeing with my opinions, but I'm damned if I'll let you insinuate that I'm a paid shill for Monsanto. I genuinely believe that GMOs are beneficial. I'm not going to get into a debate on it here, but if I were allowed, I would link at least two articles from the New York Times about the good they have done for humans.
I do NOT work for Monsanto or any GMO company, and I don't believe anyone here does. So please apologize.
Uh, my comment wasn't directed at you. When did I refer to you or anything specific you said? I was just speculating in general.
The evil, as mentioned, is Monsanto's focus on their bottom line. They sue farmers for harvesting seeds, and they sell their own brand of pesticides and weed killers to go with their copyrighted crops. Homogeny in crops is also a danger if a blight comes along (just ask the Irish what happened when 90% of their potatoes were vulnerable to blight) and Monsanto doesn't introduce any variety to their product. They also have a huge market for the US cash crop of corn, but haven't tried to make a super great, extra hearty sweet potato, a staple throughout a lot of Africa where people are starving to death in droves. Claiming that their goal is to feed the hungry is a complete crock. Their goal is to make as much money as they can.
I don't think genetic modification is necessarily evil, but the way Monsanto does it is totally evil. I weep for the farmers they've bankrupted, and the starving masses they haven't helped.
I'm fairly certain that France has banned Monsanto, so yes.
Anyway, try to keep it civil in here, folks. I know this can be a touchy subject, so let's try not to get personal.
The PRO GMO group is being driven by profits and control, and the ANTI GMO group is being driven by fear. It would be nice if we still had a TRUSTED means for the long term testing of things before we start proliferating them across the planet but greed elimates this, and fear is born because of this.
Now if you want to get into the evil corporation, and what they are and are not doing, then you have a whole other conversation. They seem to be creating a whole other marketplace that they rule over, and of course the govenrment is in bed with them (or ARE them), so it seems another step is taken toward the distopian future we have all witnessed in countless sci-fi endeavors (Soylent Green anyone??).
& as usual, Neuro's solid voice of sanity perfectly summed things up as well... (shes the Lisa Simpson of the forum imho) 8)
(& Drooling... mmmmmmm, Soylent Green)
+1,000 :thumbup:
I, for one, was laughing- thinking my mother in law will love this! She Hates Monsanto........
There is no doubt some gmo's are good- I like growing plants in colorado and there's a lot of food I couldn't grow due to climate without genetic engineering. But there's some like being hand in hand with * killer companies and splicing our plants to resist that..... Not really pro that kind of crazy toxic chemical junk....... So, depending on how it's modified, some gmos are great.
That said- Monsanto is evil. Period. They scream they're helping as loud as they can while their actions show much differently. They force the farmers to buy seed every year- bankrupting countries that already had no money. They sue farmers across the street who's crops accidentally (dang wind!!!) get cross pollinated with their precious trademarked seeds. They are IN our government forming laws to help themselves, they are part of chemical corps, * killer corps, and all kinds of other things to make their product resistant to those items- which does not benifit us- do you spray * killer on your vegetables? No- it will kill them too, unless their engineered not to (you owe Monsanto $$ now I think....), it's not healthy or beneficial.
Like neuro said- their bottom line is what thier in it for- not the good of humanity. There is no mistaking their actions..... They just use a lot of pretty words and powerful people to make us think otherwise..
And yes, the fear people are out there with this as much as any subject..... Doesn't mean their totally wrong either.
Thank you!! Seedless grapes, oranges and watermelon etc., have all been around for a long time by modifying the crops through selective breeding. Science now has a more precise method to achieve selective breeding. It's really unfortunate as this came to light under the biotechnology umbrella with a goal of solving problems like water scarcity, food security, decreasing arable land and increase in population size. The original goals of GMO (before that word was used) was to ensure sustainability of farming and food, especially in developing nations where water scarcity and shrinking arable land is a real problem. Very much a shame that all GMO is now painted with a bad label.