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To: Calpernia
Very early on in the first article I hit a major road bump ~ Argentina was referred to, inferentially, as a "developing country". That is, as a third-world hell-hole.

Since Argentina is actually a second-world, semi-industrialized, highly organized hell-hole, the clear implication was that the writer's purpose was PROPAGANDA, not FACT.

I read the rest of the article. There were other similar bits. Interestingly enough, the writer seems to be unaware of the fact that the seed developers are actually able to protect their patents simply by beeding a final "end stage"product that can be planted, but which cannot produce viable offspring.

That way, even if a farmer stores seeds they'll do him no good. This practice is, of course, REQUIRED with experimental crops.

It is, in fact, this particular element of GM technology that's been so widely denounced by farming interests worldwide. They want to take advantage of the improved crops, but they only want to pay for the seed once!

The science appears to have been so far over the head of the writer, he didn't bother doing anything more than denouncing GM foods.

4 posted on 02/16/2006 6:42:00 AM PST by muawiyah (-)
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To: muawiyah

At least someone is trying to talk about it.

Maybe if more people try to get the information out there, more articles with more appropriate research will be done.


5 posted on 02/16/2006 6:44:45 AM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: muawiyah
seed developers are actually able to protect their patents simply by beeding a final "end stage"product that can be planted, but which cannot produce viable offspring.

Sounds like liberalism to me.

9 posted on 02/16/2006 7:23:57 AM PST by aimhigh
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To: muawiyah
second-world

The term "Second World" usually refers to the Communist Countries and isn't used much any more.

11 posted on 02/16/2006 3:27:04 PM PST by Mike Darancette (Condimaniac)
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