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appal_jack

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11. A metaphor I read the other day:

Reply to obxhead (Reply #9)

Thu Nov 20, 2014, 01:41 AM

Nov 2014

Say you have a nice, newly-painted white house. Its on the historcal register, and has always been painted white. Your neighbor decides to paint his house purple. But it's a very windy day! Lots of purple paint blows onto your house, spattering everywhere.

According to these trade deals, your neighbor bears no responsibility. In fact you have to pay him for the purple paint you 'stole.' Plus, you also have to pay rent to your neighbor from now on...

-app

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Trade deals criminalise farmers' seeds [View all] Judi Lynn Nov 2014 OP

K&R! This post deserves hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Nov 2014 #1

K&R me b zola Nov 2014 #2

K&R nenagh Nov 2014 #3

K&R.... daleanime Nov 2014 #4

Secrets. NOT. 10. lonestarnot Nov 2014 #5

I don't understand why this is a big deal FBaggins Nov 2014 #6

perhaps you should do some research into this subject in order to understand what, exactly, niyad Nov 2014 #7

Why? FBaggins Nov 2014 #8

gosh, that was so subtle, one could almost have missed it. keep trying, though, we niyad Nov 2014 #10

the problem occurs when your non GMO crop becomes pollinated obxhead Nov 2014 #9

A metaphor I read the other day: appal_jack Nov 2014 #11

Not really. FBaggins Nov 2014 #12