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BronxBoy

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40. Thank you for beating the drum on this issue....

Tue Nov 5, 2013, 07:30 PM

Nov 2013

Too many people in their quest to bring the benefits of modified crops (real or imagined) to the masses, too often overlook the massive damage that patent law can play in local agriculture. I notice that you haven't really gotten any semblance of an answer to your legitimate questions.

In addition to the questions you have asked, I would also like to ask what happens to a non-Golden Rice farmer whose rice is cross-pollinated by a Golden Rice field. Will the developers go all Monsanto like and give the farmer grief? A rhetorical question but one that a lot of folks often overlook when discussing this topic

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By opposing Golden Rice, Greenpeace defies its own values � and harms children [View all] roseBudd Nov 2013 OP

can't we add some carrots to that daily cupa rice? Sunlei Nov 2013 #1

No, have you seen Slum Dog Millionaire? roseBudd Nov 2013 #2

I take your point dipsydoodle Nov 2013 #51

Have you looked into the licensing terms of the patents? jberryhill Nov 2013 #3

I can assure you I have roseBudd Nov 2013 #6

Yeah, you skipped a step there jberryhill Nov 2013 #7

Vitamin A interventions to date roseBudd Nov 2013 #4

Vitamin A deficiency roseBudd Nov 2013 #5

Doing some googling indicates the question is nowhere near as clear as stated above. HERVEPA Nov 2013 #8

The misinformation is rife. I can Google all kinds of false things roseBudd Nov 2013 #9

Greenpeace Hysteria Campaign Scares Chinese into Retreat on Nutrition-Enhancing GMO 'Golden Rice' roseBudd Nov 2013 #10

If you don't know how to find your way through the disinformation, that is. HuckleB Nov 2013 #43

Is there a shortage of food? dtom67 Nov 2013 #11

Why calling someone a shill betrays the weakness of your position, and your inability to defend it roseBudd Nov 2013 #13

Would you consider answering the question of how much a farmer can sell? jberryhill Nov 2013 #19

Monsanto can afford to send all roody Nov 2013 #12

These kids who are suffering from VAD, don't receive mail from Amazon roseBudd Nov 2013 #14

Which company holds the patent for it? roody Nov 2013 #16

Link to licensing program in thread above jberryhill Nov 2013 #18

I am not resting assured. roody Nov 2013 #21

Yeah who gives a shit how many die roseBudd Nov 2013 #24

Excuse me? jberryhill Nov 2013 #27

Just admit you don't give a shit about the morbidity and mortality due to VAD roseBudd Nov 2013 #35

I contribute to several honestly roody Nov 2013 #36

I hope some day you learn to actually care about people jberryhill Nov 2013 #38

Well, we know you don't care about anything but defending fictions. HuckleB Nov 2013 #45

And what fiction would that be? jberryhill Nov 2013 #47

And which logical fallacy are you using here, smarty pants? HuckleB Nov 2013 #44

I asked a question jberryhill Nov 2013 #48

Do you have an answer or not? jberryhill Nov 2013 #52

To me, the anti-GM folks are pretty much the same as the anti-vaccine folks. Pterodactyl Nov 2013 #15

They use the same logical fallacies roseBudd Nov 2013 #22

Please identify my "logical fallacy" jberryhill Nov 2013 #29

Yep johnd83 Nov 2013 #26

I have no problem with GM food whatsoever jberryhill Nov 2013 #28

Thank you for beating the drum on this issue.... BronxBoy Nov 2013 #40

It's hardly rhetorical jberryhill Nov 2013 #49

It's a shame too.... BronxBoy Nov 2013 #50

They're exactly the same. HuckleB Nov 2013 #46

I didn't Know, BillyRibs Nov 2013 #17

There is no shortage here. roody Nov 2013 #20

So no argument that isn't a logical fallacy roseBudd Nov 2013 #23

Post removed Post removed Nov 2013 #42

The Logic is. BillyRibs Nov 2013 #25

Anything written by Patrick Moore should be discarded out of hand PaulaFarrell Nov 2013 #30

Wow - that Keystone XL article is dated April 2013, but in January 2013 the First Nations signed ... bananas Nov 2013 #34

Oh My god - he's also a climate change denier PaulaFarrell Nov 2013 #31

:puke: bananas Nov 2013 #33

That was a depressing read NickB79 Nov 2013 #39

good ol sourcewatch PaulaFarrell Nov 2013 #32

Wow - Hell Hath No Fury Nov 2013 #37

More like "so much for 'sourcewatch.'" HuckleB Nov 2013 #41