I am somewhat perplexed by his thesis that Monsanto is off topic for a
gardening group. How so when they are a MAJOR supplier of Agricultural
and Home Garden Chemicals and have a lousy record of public
stewardship and forthrightness? I would think those would be very MUCH
to the fore in any discussion of gardening. After all gardening isn't
just planting and picking, it is everything ELSE involved in producing
our little slice of heaven on earth. And like it or not Chemicals are
often a large part of the average gardeners repertoire. As such it is
very MUCH on topic to discuss them and the history around some of
their producers, particularly when that is a history of deception and
out right lies on the safety of those producers products..


Dave



On Tue, 02 Sep 2003 01:25:05 GMT, Salty Thumb
wrote:

zxcvbob wrote in
:

paghat wrote:
In article , "Dave Gower"

I will continue to point out your ignorant, agenda-driven drivel as
much as I want.


Except, of course, when the agenda is driven by Monsanto; when decade
by decade their "previous" agenda of "facts" turned out to be all
lies, & the critics turned out to be all right, & you seriously
believe a company that did nothing but lie for fifty years is going
to be telling the truth THIS time...

But how does hijacking a gardening discussion and ranting endlessly
about the evils of Monsanto do any good?

Seriously,
Bob



What gardening discussion was hijacked? To be sure all this Monsanto
bashing has got to be tiresome for those not interested, but seems to be
me all of it has been contained a small number of threads which are
easily ignored or killed. Nobody's popped into a thread about "why did
my tomatoes die?" and said "because Monsanto killed it" or "why are
squirrels eating all my nuts?" ... "because Monsanto made them tasty."

As for it being good or bad, that depends on whether you believe Monsanto
or not. There is no longer any Garden of Eden.

- Salty

Dave Fouchey, WA4EMR
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