I wrote this yesterday ...
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Originally Posted by Quixote
To go back to my first quote, "Money talks." .... But it's American farmers who are the losers! Meantime, a "Protection of Monsanto Act" quietly sneaks through Congress that, as stated in this article, "Liberals and Tea Party Members alike are up in arms over...."
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... and this is today's news. Feel free to "kill the messenger"!
"It's on! Farmers begin suing Monsanto over genetic pollution of wheat crops"
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It's on! Farmers begin suing Monsanto over genetic pollution of wheat crops
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Originally Posted by Villages PL
I think your post was worthwhile and informative, but if it wasn't designed to prove anything or change anyone's mind, what was the point of it? What was the point of all those links?
If GM foods are destructive and bring about ever increasing environmental and healthcare costs, why should it be allowed to continue? If it's based on the freedom to do so, will the rest of us be free from paying the costs?
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You have answered your own question [see bold emphasis above]. Undecided people can make up their own minds. People can choose to change their minds if they wish; that's not my job. I am Quixote; I do battle with windmills, not with the minds of others. I know my limitations; the best I can do is live by a power of example: those who agree, agree; those who don't agree, don't agree. Those who don't agree AND THEN feel the need to "kill the messenger" because they don't like the message, well, that's not my problem, and I have no control over it; sorry....
"Will the rest of us be free from paying the costs?" That's a joke, isn't it—perhaps a not-so-funny joke, but a joke nonetheless?! With government comes the good and the bad. For example (as it's been part of this discussion), the FDA has done some wonderful things, but to cite them as a paragon of perfection when they've made some terrible proven mistakes is just plain unrealistic. And yes, we do pay for it. Michael J. Fox has public recognition and money, both of which theoretically should bring clout, but was he able to do anything for the many years that stem cell research—that could by now have given us a cure for Parkinson's disease—was banned? C'mon.... Purism and idealism may be wonderful, but we have to live in a world of reality!