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In reply to the discussion: 107 Nobel laureates sign letter blasting Greenpeace over GMOs [View all]HuckleB
(35,773 posts)57. Nah, all you have to do is scream, "Shills!"
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This is the part where some mouthbreather says 107 nobel laureates are taking money from Monsanto.
Act_of_Reparation
Jun 2016
#2
FINALLY, Science is fighting back against the pseudoscientific piffle of the anti-GMO morons! eom
MohRokTah
Jun 2016
#3
Agreed. I'm not against GMOs per se, but I DO oppose a lot of the business practices that accompany
Coventina
Jun 2016
#7
Those business practices predate the introduction of GMOs, sometimes by decades, so what...
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2016
#9
Not really, and part of it is biology, a lot of crops are hybrids(not GMOs), and to save time...
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2016
#13
The issue is that GMOs can be environmentally friendly, and seed saving counterproductive...
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2016
#16
You seem to be ascribing to me a bunch of opinions that I don't have and have not expressed.
Coventina
Jun 2016
#17
That is true, and I apologize about ascribing such opinions to you, call it a prejudice...
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2016
#18
Yeah, what I really can't stand are those who discard the tools we have because they...
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2016
#20
It's just another anti-GMO talking point that has been shot down numerous times
Major Nikon
Jul 2016
#31
So that they can help increase suffering in the world? So they can halt and hinder scientific...
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2016
#10
It's very hard to argue with especially after looking at the breakdown of which category they won:
RAFisher
Jun 2016
#14
Good. The Left must aggressively go after ALL anti-science Luddites within our midst.
Meldread
Jul 2016
#28
The anti-GMO brigade has a lot in common with the anti-vaccination crowd (nt)
Nye Bevan
Jul 2016
#36
I find gross hyperbole goofy. Do you have any evidence to back up the claim that Green Peace has
Chathamization
Jul 2016
#41
It doesn't look like Greenpeace was responsible for Zambia's decision, so I'm not sure what your
Chathamization
Jul 2016
#47
"Greenpeace has since published a letter that it sent African governments at the time encouraging
Chathamization
Jul 2016
#49
So you have no evidence that Greenpeace had any influence on Zambia's decision
Chathamization
Jul 2016
#54
Again, do you have any evidence showing Greenpeace influenced Zambia's decision, or that Zambia's
Chathamization
Jul 2016
#58
None of the links you posted even make those claims, which is why you haven't quoted from them
Chathamization
Jul 2016
#60
Go, Greenpeace! Keep ignoring science! Keep working to harm people and the planet!
HuckleB
Jul 2016
#44
Thank Jeebus you're around to keep track of who is and who is not really a scientist.
Act_of_Reparation
Jul 2016
#56