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Clara T
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Sun Mar-05-06 11:30 PM Original message |
Ministers back 'terminator' GM crops |
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mcctatas
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Sun Mar-05-06 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. Disgusting and dangerous... |
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bunyip
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Tue Mar-07-06 12:15 AM Response to Reply #1 |
28. What profits? |
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silverweb
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Sun Mar-05-06 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. WTF? |
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FloridaPat
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Sun Mar-05-06 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. Ministers like in "ministers of gov't". British thing. |
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Mind_your_head
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Sun Mar-05-06 11:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Yes, I thought the same thing about 'ministers'..... |
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WinkyDink
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Are you daft? "Trash"? Do you mean you've not heard of this before? |
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Mind_your_head
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Sun Mar-05-06 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
4. Geez, this so obviously confusing in it's wording...... |
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Don Claybrook
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Mon Mar-06-06 10:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. It's not confusing to me |
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Mind_your_head
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Mon Mar-06-06 11:45 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I understood what it was saying, but |
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Richard D
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
6. It's really a small issue . . . |
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Clara T
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:27 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Accurate and much more |
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Selatius
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
9. Capitalism is simply NOT POSSIBLE without CONTROL over RESOURCES. |
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bunyip
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Tue Mar-07-06 12:34 AM Response to Reply #9 |
29. No |
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Emillereid
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
10. Is it true that even Monsanto won't develop terminator seeds?? |
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yellowcanine
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. I believe Monsanto bought the company that owns the technology but |
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Occulus
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Mon Mar-06-06 02:55 AM Response to Original message |
11. Crops genetically modified to protect patents should be BANNED. |
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Briar
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Mon Mar-06-06 05:40 AM Response to Original message |
12. Yes, that's New Labour all over |
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meegbear
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Mon Mar-06-06 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
13. So abominated even Monsanto will not develop it ... |
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formercia
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Mon Mar-06-06 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
14. When people realize there is little or no financial advantage |
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mom cat
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Mon Mar-06-06 10:41 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. That is exactly the danger. It is diabolical in its cruelty and scope. |
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Kailassa
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Mon Mar-06-06 11:10 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Could this terminator gene spread through cross pollination? |
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meganmonkey
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Mon Mar-06-06 11:12 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Yes yes yes! |
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yellowcanine
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Yes but that is not the real problem. The plants, say corn, that were |
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Lisa
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Mon Mar-06-06 08:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. good point about hybrid seed -- I just got involved with an Afghan project |
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yellowcanine
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Mon Mar-06-06 10:57 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. OP varieties often yield less than hybrids but have better yield stability |
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Lisa
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Tue Mar-07-06 06:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. especially when those varieties have been bred for resistance ... |
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Clara T
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Mon Mar-06-06 09:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Terminator Technology Targets Farmers |
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realFedUp
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Mon Mar-06-06 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
19. do I smell mango seeds? nt |
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Kailassa
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. mango seeds? |
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realFedUp
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Mon Mar-06-06 04:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. we're giving India nuke technology et al for mangoes |
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Zhade
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Tue Mar-07-06 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
31. That's SOOOOOO fucked up. |
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MisterP
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Tue Mar-07-06 07:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. heck, Bechtel apparently took possession of all the rain in Bolivia |
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