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demdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 03:16 PM Original message |
Greenpeace Stops Ship Carrying Contaminated Corn |
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molly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. I must be missing something - what is wrong with |
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demdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 03:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Strap yourself in........a whirlwind is about to blow if history is any |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 04:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Problems with genetic diversity is apparently one problem |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 04:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. The varieties have all been saved |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 05:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Perhaps you can provide a few more details |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 06:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Or perhaps you could just look it up |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 08:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
47. The one making the assertion is responsible for providing evidence |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 08:49 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. I said |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 09:18 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. 'nuff said |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-03 01:50 AM Response to Reply #51 |
64. Maple will never provide any evidence to support her pro-GM |
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Mairead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-03 09:37 AM Response to Reply #64 |
71. I have a strong feeling, DB, that nothing whatever about |
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pw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 05:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. It's not approved for human consumption |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 06:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Yeah it is |
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DeathvadeR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 09:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
53. Gee a couple a years worth of consumption??? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-03 02:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
65. Mexico is a regular cornicopia |
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peacebuzzard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-03 07:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
70. Simple--GM =Corporate manufactured. |
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twilight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. geez they block it by ship |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 03:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Since corn |
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TSElliott (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 03:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I love pickled baby corn. |
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Fish Eye (193 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 05:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Selective breeding is |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 05:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Profit has pushed GM food to the mainstream too fast |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 07:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Well feeding meat |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 07:44 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. That's not my point |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 07:53 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. It isn't anybody's point |
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DeathvadeR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 09:50 PM Response to Reply #29 |
54. GM crops and modified plants are different... |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 10:04 PM Response to Reply #29 |
56. That's a fully ignorant argument |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 05:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Hi Fish Eye!! |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 07:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. No it's not |
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piece sine (931 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-03 01:22 AM Response to Reply #10 |
63. wisest comments in the thread |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 05:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Link, please |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 07:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Had you thot of googling |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 07:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Yes, but since you made the statement, |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 07:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Apparently you're too lazy |
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veganwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 07:41 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. yes modern corn is "genetically modified" |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 07:48 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. And are you being asked |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 07:54 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. No, actually we're being asked to eat |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 07:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Don't eat pesticide |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 07:59 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Pesticide is IN GM food; |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 08:01 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. No it's not |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 08:07 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Yes, it is. |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 08:10 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Sorry, NOT science |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 08:14 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Link? |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 08:20 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Well you want to play |
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DeathvadeR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 09:55 PM Response to Reply #36 |
55. ahh yes pesticides are in GM crops...... |
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treepig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-03 11:28 AM Response to Reply #55 |
75. there's plenty of naturally-occurring pesticides in non-GM crops |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-03 02:18 AM Response to Reply #25 |
67. The monk who discovered the basic principles of inheritance was |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 07:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Apparently you're too dumb to read your own source. |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 07:54 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. There are dozens of sites on the web |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 07:58 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I asked you to verify your silly statement, and you can't.. |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 07:59 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I just did |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 08:03 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I agree. |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 08:07 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Sorry I don't have an ideology |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 08:09 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Sorry, but no agency has the power |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 08:13 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Agency? |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 08:17 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. You DO realize that this entire thread is beside the point, right? |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 08:22 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Yup, cuz you 've been eating it for millennia |
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DeathvadeR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 10:07 PM Response to Reply #44 |
57. Thank god for reminding me... |
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SuffragetteSal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-03 11:52 AM Response to Reply #57 |
77. exactly right |
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BuddhaGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 09:42 PM Response to Reply #38 |
52. curious...do you work perhaps for Monsanto? |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 10:11 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. Funny you should ask that, BuddhaGirl |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-03 02:28 AM Response to Reply #38 |
68. The Luddites were right, you know. They fought industrialization |
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twilight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 08:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
49. I am certain that the ships going to Ireland loaded w/corn |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 09:03 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Well I didn't say anything about Ireland |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-03 02:12 AM Response to Reply #50 |
66. Nothing wrong with shit as fertilizer. It actually HAS been tested |
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LastDemInIdaho (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
8. How will that stop the ship? |
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veganwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
15. im glad.. |
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LastDemInIdaho (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 06:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Didn't France sink one of their ships a while back? |
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Kemet (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 07:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Shamefull |
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david_vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-03 04:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
80. GP was protesting French nuclear tests, IIRC |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
58. Nobody will ever convince me... |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
60. Hey, guys. Don't argue with Maple. It's mind is made up. |
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Emillereid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-03 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
61. A report from the Journal Nature sounds the alarm: |
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treepig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-03 11:48 AM Response to Reply #61 |
76. why the blatant misrepresentation of the 'Nature' article? |
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Emillereid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 02:55 AM Response to Reply #76 |
85. Sorry to be so late responding -- |
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treepig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 07:15 AM Response to Reply #85 |
87. well, ok |
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frustrated_lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-03 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
62. GM foods have NOT been around for thousands of years, |
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Mairead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-03 09:46 AM Response to Reply #62 |
72. Exactly! It's too damned soon to tell, which means that if we go on |
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treepig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-03 11:18 AM Response to Reply #62 |
74. perhaps you have never heard of "horizontal gene transfer?" |
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frustrated_lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-03 02:58 PM Response to Reply #74 |
78. You raise a valid point. |
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treepig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-03 04:05 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. ok, i'll grant you the point that horizontal gene transfer is very rare |
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frustrated_lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-03 05:25 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. Please note, |
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treepig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-03 07:45 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. i partially agree and partially disagree |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-03 03:11 AM Response to Original message |
69. I find the introduction of GMOs into our food supply very troubling. |
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Mairead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-03 09:50 AM Response to Reply #69 |
73. "Tell me that makes sense" |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-03 08:00 PM Response to Reply #73 |
84. As far as I know, Dennis Kucinich is the only one who cares about |
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david_vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-03 05:01 PM Response to Reply #69 |
81. The thing about Monsanto is |
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Oggy (652 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 05:20 AM Response to Reply #81 |
86. Well you are right in Europe |
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treepig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 07:22 AM Response to Reply #86 |
88. the labelling issue seems like a no-brainer |
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treepig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
89. Will Frankenfood Save the Planet? |
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