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[realisticphish]

This is prompted by a thread lauding anti-GM "activists" storming a corn field in Italy, destroying the whole crop.

This has to be one of my most hated issues. Primarily because any and all rational discussion on the issue is lost in anti-science hysteria. There are major issues to discuss, like corporate ownership of living things, the long term effects on soil/environment, health, etc. Those are legitimate discussions, which could be interesting.

But no, "SMASH THE MAN! SCIENTISTS ARE JUST SERVANTS FOR THE CORPORATE OVERLORDS!!!!!1!one"

People like that drive me to defend people like Monsanto, which makes me cringe. Just like idiot Christian bigots who make me defend Islam, which I find just as bizarre as their religion.