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Originally posted by 1nfiniteLoop
Originally posted by LadyTwoCrowns
So if this is the case, WHY is Monsanto doing it at all? What's the alterior motive?
To feed the world by keeping food production in line with population growth? Does humanitarianism count as an ulterior motive?
Originally posted by JanAmosComenius
Originally posted by 1nfiniteLoop
Originally posted by LadyTwoCrowns
So if this is the case, WHY is Monsanto doing it at all? What's the alterior motive?
To feed the world by keeping food production in line with population growth? Does humanitarianism count as an ulterior motive?
Uhmmm. First, what you will learn in economy class, is: Company is founded for profit. In many cases - and Monsanto is primal example - is profit in direct contradiction to "humanitarianism". Unless you see something like "humanitarian bombardment" as not contradictory. Byproduct of (not only) Monsantos Agent Orange is crippling Viet Nam babies till today. At the moment Monsanto recognize this situation and start to repair their crimes, I'll start to think about it as about "humanitarian" company.edit on 6-4-2012 by JanAmosComenius because: syntax
BTW I created account on ATS to be able to see your activity. There is NO surprise that you are here just to promote GE/GM and/or provide a damage control for GE industry - specifically Monsanto. Feel free to ring Mods because of my accusations.edit on 6-4-2012 by JanAmosComenius because: add
Originally posted by 1nfiniteLoop
This is why I anticipate failing bioethics. I see a fundamental divide between technology and how it's applied, especially during warfare by military personnel. I can't blame Monsanto or Dow Chemical for the military's use of their herbicides and the resulting side effects any more than I can blame Albert Hofmann for the social effects and misuse of '___'.
I think that ordinary people tend to embrace development in almost any scientific realm. It is flow in GM industry why so many people reject modern GM technology. It is not because people "hate GM without reason", people hate current GM industry. It is same reason why people hate banksters! Both are greedy bastards without responsibility but big influence on national and international scale.
If I contacted the moderators each time a paranoid accusation was thrown about on a website dedicated to conspiracy theories…suffice to say, paranoid accusations come with the territory.
At least 8 populations of insects have developed resistance, with 2 populations resistant to Bt sprays and at least 6 species resistant to Bt crops as a whole