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Erich Bloodaxe BSN

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17. Troll, troll, troll your boat, gently down the stream...
Sat May 24, 2014, 03:03 PM
May 2014

As a matter of fact, I do plant heritage varietals of plants in my garden, although I wouldn't refer to them as paleolithic. Most are have only been under cultivation for a hundred or more years.

But let's get to the heart of it. You simply can't stand that people disagree with your stances on GM, and don't care WHY they don't. You feel that they should only base their decisions on the things that are important to you, not what's important to them.

Hell, if I didn't want to ever eat foods whose names (in english) began with the letter R, that would be perfectly legitimate, no matter what my reasoning. People who are vegan, vegetarian, only eat Kosher or Halal... They would be 'illegitimate' food consumers in your eyes, because the reasons on which they based their decisions of what to eat are not the same reasons you want to proclaim they should be happy to eat whatever foods you think they should be willing to eat, and that there really is no real reason to label foods to prevent them from eating anything they don't want to.

I'm not trying to force you to eat the foods I want to eat, so why do you so fervently wish to make it impossible for me to choose the foods I want to eat for myself? I don't even ask for bans on GM, just labeling so I can make my own free market choices. People who oppose labeling are simply anti-free market. They don't want consumers to have the options to choose, but want to protect megacorporations' rights to get rich marketing GM seed and the pesticides that go along with them.

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Some of us don't believe in the heat induced hallucinations of itinerant sheepherders. hobbit709 May 2014 #1
:-) JayhawkSD May 2014 #11
Thbpt. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #2
The plethora of posts here about LTX May 2014 #3
Some people might think of it that way. You obviously do. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #6
+1. nt bemildred May 2014 #9
Do you apply this same reasoning to LTX May 2014 #10
Various of them, yes. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #13
But of course, you eat genetically modified foods LTX May 2014 #16
Troll, troll, troll your boat, gently down the stream... Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #17
You are trying to force government mandates based on your preferences, not on the science. HuckleB May 2014 #19
We have all sorts of labeling that is not based on science. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #21
Name these labels. HuckleB May 2014 #22
Why do I what? Want labels? Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #23
Thanks for you usual mindless anti-GMO cliches. HuckleB May 2014 #25
My 'usual', eh? Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #29
"Pro-GMO websites?" HuckleB May 2014 #34
My claims were Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #37
Under that justification, we should be "waiting and seeing" for every type of hybrid available. HuckleB May 2014 #42
Oh, and I named those labels in the comment above. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #24
So you can't name any actual labels mandated without a scientific basis. HuckleB May 2014 #26
HUh? Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #27
Those are voluntary labels by manufacturers. HuckleB May 2014 #28
So exactly what is wrong with voluntary GMO-free labeling? Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #30
You are wasting your time, however, if you want to know about food labels: bemildred May 2014 #31
And what does that have to do with the promotion of government mandated labels for GMOs? HuckleB May 2014 #33
You got me. nt bemildred May 2014 #36
I've never said anything is wrong with voluntary labels. HuckleB May 2014 #32
Well, wait then, we may have just come to something we agree on. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #35
I have nothing against voluntary labels, as long as they're accurate. HuckleB May 2014 #41
I actually don't do milk much at all. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #43
I don't drink milk either, but my kid does. HuckleB May 2014 #45
Do you can? Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #51
I have not quite been that motivated. HuckleB May 2014 #55
One data point. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #56
Yup. The majority of my corn does become squirrel and raccoon food. HuckleB May 2014 #57
I don't care what you choose to eat. But you are advocating a position LTX May 2014 #38
Actually, my position is that Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #40
So how, exactly, do we label bananas? n/t LTX May 2014 #44
Why "Gluten Free," of course! HuckleB May 2014 #46
Hah. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #47
And poor, overly dramatic science reporting. HuckleB May 2014 #49
Yup. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #52
Exactly. HuckleB May 2014 #54
Or maybe, "genetically modified in the extreme, LTX May 2014 #48
LOL roody May 2014 #4
There is more to this thinking business than just slapping a couple ideas together. nt bemildred May 2014 #5
Indeed. A lesson often lost LTX May 2014 #7
Fat chance of that, right? nt bemildred May 2014 #8
I'm inclined to dislike genetic modification which... JayhawkSD May 2014 #12
Seed companies have not allowed seed saving for 50 years. HuckleB May 2014 #58
Who knew that the EU was controlled by "creationists"? Tierra_y_Libertad May 2014 #14
Don't forget China and Russia. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #18
It's certainly not controlled by those who care about the science of the matter. HuckleB May 2014 #20
Abracadabra GeorgeGist May 2014 #15
and by that logic pro-GM is all Hooveroids MisterP May 2014 #39
Deuteronomy 22.11 doesn't mean what you think it does jmowreader May 2014 #50
Right. And properly directed to ... ? LTX May 2014 #53
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