i'm just going to POST THIS AS LOUD AS I CAN and crush all arguments-MONSANTO=root of all evil.

[backscatter712]

127. There's a kernel of truth in both sides. But Monsanto & GMO needs to be put on a leash.

On one hand, GMO, if done right, can be a very useful technology. On one hand, we can get crops with better food, more food, drought resistance - it could be another Green Revolution.

Monsanto, OTOH, IMHO, is being very sloppy with its GMO crop development, and our regulatory-captured government isn't getting on top of this problem.

But because Monsanto's being sloppy, we get freaky things like wheat that causes allergic reactions in those allergic to shellfish, Roundup-Resistant(TM) crops that breed round-up resistant insects, and may also be contributing to bee colony collapse disorder.

Then there's the whole patenting, monopolizing and predatory business practices problem that results in farmers being forced to sell their souls to Monsanto, resulting in the suicides in India, farmers here getting sued into bankruptcy and losing their farms because seeds from a neighbor's crop blew onto their fields, etc.

I'd say what we have is a health & environment problem exacerbated by regulatory capture, and we have a monopoly/predatory business problem, where Monsanto is but one offender.