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In reply to the discussion: I'm just going to leave this here quietly, then run like hell.... [View all]Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)62. The Incentive strawman is a big rightwing talking point
There are plenty of incentives, including feeding the poor. The only incentive that is taken away is grotesque profits. We would actually be opening up a lot more avenues of research for anyone to be able to do their own research, instead of regulating it to monolithic corporations who sit on their asses then buy up a patent when some poor scientist makes a breakthrough and they screw him on it.
You know what would be another great incentive for production? Slavery.
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Do you fully support the way Monsanto is genetically modifying food organisms?
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#10
What's actually happening on the ground so to speak with Monsanto modified organisms.
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#20
Lives saved by GMO's? Are you kidding? Anything & everything that Monsato claims
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#32
Of course there are, but Monsanto goes after ANYONE they want, regardless
riderinthestorm
Jan 2013
#46
Do you only eat food that you have 100% knowledge of the chemical processes ...
Buzz Clik
Jan 2013
#21
Well, I know people have been eating unmodified versions of the foods I eat for centuries
RomneyLies
Jan 2013
#23
I certainly haven't said that, I think there is immense potential for good in GM
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#45
People with food allergies have good reason to be leery of GMO's, till the producers can identify
pnwmom
Jan 2013
#48
"I discovered science, and in the process I hope I became a better environmentalist."
Buzz Clik
Jan 2013
#4
You want the most BASIC reason to oppose GMO's? Our food supply needs diversity for survival. GMO's
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#24
If GMO were actually being used to better mankind rather than wring every last drop of profit
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#6
Well, it might be because large numbers of baseless objections are a pain in the ass.
sibelian
Jan 2013
#96
End all organism and seed patents and close all present and future legislation.
NYC_SKP
Jan 2013
#11
So other than profit, what's the incentive for developing a better hybrid tea rose?
Major Nikon
Jan 2013
#64
People don't require GMOs to have a healthy nutritious diet of their own choosing.
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#47
Climate change will soon begin to affect food production to a degree we can't ignore.
randome
Jan 2013
#75
The Effect of Glyphosate on Potential Pathogens and Beneficial Members of Poultry Microbiota In Vitr
dkf
Jan 2013
#78
The problem with GMOs is, and has always been, that we don't know what what will happen
Taverner
Jan 2013
#87
apologies to the scientists in this thread- MONSANTO IS EVIL AND GMO's are an INSIDIOUS DANGER!!!
farminator3000
Jan 2013
#97