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katsy

(4,246 posts)
12. Good point.
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 08:00 PM
Mar 2016

Last edited Mon Mar 7, 2016, 08:37 PM - Edit history (1)

Science is a process and self corrects over time with testing and analysis. Science isn't static. People need to weigh benefits/risks, real or suspected, for themselves. Especially when the common good is NOT involved (I am rabidly pro vaccine).

http://prescriptiondrugs.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=005528

https://www.theguardian.com/science/occams-corner/2013/sep/17/scientific-studies-wrong

I'll repeat it: science is not static it's not a fucking religion and it self corrects as our knowledge grows.

Label gmos and let people make the choices. Corporations do not have the right to people's money without informing them what it is they are buying.

People have the right to not buy something even if it's just an "ewwwwww" factor.

People have the right to boycott Monsanto products just befuckingcause.

Labeling is required for people with peanut allergies even tho peanuts are scientifically non toxic.

I'm actually ok with cloned meat unless they decide to make it round-up ready 😂😂😂 for no other reason than I don't want my money going to Monsanto if I can help it. Just because it's my choice to make. I never ever set foot in a Walmart. Perfectly SAFE place to visit I heard but I don't give a shit. When given a choice I make one! I don't like monsantos corp policies of suing farmers, buying up all the seed companies... IMO they are dangerous and I reject their stuff whenever possible. Am I still a free person living in a democracy with the ability to do so?

Can democracy can endure without transparency and choice? Really? It's ok to boycott companies just because it's your choice to do so.

LABEL IT!

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Anti-GMOers are akin to anti-vaxxers and global warming denialists. Dr Hobbitstein Mar 2016 #1
GMOs that are used as Monsanto does, do suck. NV Whino Mar 2016 #3
and that is utter bullshit. NRaleighLiberal Mar 2016 #5
80% of GMO crops employ glyphosate AxionExcel Mar 2016 #6
If you are anti-nuclear energy you are anti-science demwing Mar 2016 #2
If you are anti-labeling, you are anti-democracy. closeupready Mar 2016 #4
ironically it's from the same whitecoats-for-hire that gave us global-warming MisterP Mar 2016 #7
The problem is that pattern that is emerging is that the same people opposed... Humanist_Activist Mar 2016 #8
I understand why you & others are afraid to discuss well-funded corporate GMO propaganda campaigns. AxionExcel Mar 2016 #10
See, this is precisely the issue, you start off with a premise, then try to have the facts... Humanist_Activist Mar 2016 #13
k&r nationalize the fed Mar 2016 #9
Good point. katsy Mar 2016 #12
That's fine, as far as it goes, the problem is the FUD thrown around to try to justify... Humanist_Activist Mar 2016 #17
Understood. katsy Mar 2016 #18
True, but you are entitled to your own opinion, not your own facts... Humanist_Activist Mar 2016 #21
There is nothing based on facts that links autism to gmos katsy Mar 2016 #22
I'm less optimistic about this "labeling" issue... Humanist_Activist Mar 2016 #23
Because sooo much anti-GMO rhetoric is anti-science Ratty Mar 2016 #11
That is exactly the right way to look at it - there is grey area - neither all bad, or all good. NRaleighLiberal Mar 2016 #14
Oh I don't need to be told to be wary of mega-conglomerates, learned that the hard way early on. Rex Mar 2016 #15
Well, welcome to the status of those who dare to ask what the hell good a... Shandris Mar 2016 #16
Is it bad for science that I don't like nuclear weapons? Jim Beard Mar 2016 #19
My biggest complaint is crossing higher life with plants, like Jim Beard Mar 2016 #20
Eight Lies About GMOs Debunked HuckleB Apr 2016 #24
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