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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:14 PM Original message |
'Suicide Seeds' Could Spell Death of Peasant Agriculture, UN Meeting Told |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Here comes the GMO bashers... |
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400Years (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I guess you want people to starve unless they pay monsanto |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. No. I get sick of people bashing genetic engineering... |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. well hopefully |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 02:55 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. It's a catch-22, unfortunately |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 02:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Sorry but |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 03:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. Farmers already have to pay Monsanto for hybrid seeds |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. GM is a disgusting, stupid idea. (Sorry, am I late?) |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 06:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
44. Illegal by what controlling authority? |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 11:37 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Every government on the bloody planet. nt. |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 08:53 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. My insulin comes from a GM yeast. Without it, I die. |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. GM foods suck, and so does monsatan! |
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Angry Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. What do YOU think of "suicide seeds" and GM food |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. GM popcorn LOL |
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Angry Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 02:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Yup |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 04:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
34. corn's been GM'd for centuries |
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meganmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 02:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. As opposed to the people who don't care about |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. Oh, those need to be banned |
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BrendaStarr (491 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Yeah, genes are easily passed to other farmer's plants |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yeah, and those genes never jump to other crops. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 02:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. When a corn plant pollinates an oak tree, let me know |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 02:54 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Seeds travel |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 03:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. And when they get there? |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 02:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Genes Jump Species. I'm no geneticist/mol bio guy but use Google and see. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 03:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. LOL, you're right, I'm no geneticist |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
9. Monsanto's doing |
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Lone_Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
12. Genetic pollution |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
17. What is the benefit of Suicide seeds? Other than to hold farmers captive? |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 03:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Greater yields, disease & insect resistance, drought tolerance... |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 03:20 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. number one benefit= $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ for Monsanto!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 04:55 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Of course they are NOT a non-profit, but that does not make them evil. |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 04:57 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Monsanto isn't just ANY company |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 05:09 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. They still have to operate within market forces. They can't escape that. |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 05:20 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. they have sued people whose crops were contaminated by |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 06:07 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. That is a different topic. |
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DrunkenMaster (582 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 03:20 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. the problem with your statement |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 04:57 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. No, because the T-gene, by definition, is self limiting. |
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DrunkenMaster (582 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 05:17 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. that isn't what I have read |
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DrunkenMaster (582 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 05:20 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. a little more |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 05:30 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. To discuss the T-gene further, I would have to know more from a neutral... |
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Wind Dancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
18. Monsanto is a disgusting company. |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
19. What kind of fucked up twisted deranged mind comes...oh never mind. n/t |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
23. Aw, c'mon. The makers of Agent Orange are humanitarians. |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
25. Somewhere in the US |
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DrunkenMaster (582 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
30. The Terminator gene is just another step |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
31. And the problem with banning it is there is no global legal authority. |
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