In article John Thomas , wrote:

some ignorant poster wrote:

I saw the thing I posted as a lampoon of the manufacturer, which is
precisely what Monsanto is. You might want to read a bit more before being
so sure about "the people doing it". A book called "The Botany of Desire"
would be a good start. Easy reading, very informative.


Read? I've been working in this for over 20 years. With a PhD in a
related field, I just might know what the hell I'm talking about, even
more so than your average poster here. Just maybe.

"Just maybes" are loads of fun!

Just maybe you're the King of Mars, since any claim of ultra-genius
super-expertise self-importance attested tp on UseNet is about that easy
to trump up.
Just maybe your "related field" is bean-counting for Monsanto.
Just maybe you're a vested propogandist, since Monsanto has instructed
even its employees from the janitors on down to get on board & muddle &
muddy any intelligent conversation they might not like when it crops up in
public discussions.
Just maybe several people 'round here are EASILY as intelligent as
yourself & just as capable of understanding issues, even though you as the
King of Mars personally do not think so.

If you want a good popular writer on the topic, try Peter Raven instead.

Citing Peter Raven as your best-beloved commentator in love with Monsanto
is like citing Moussalini as your ideal expert on world leadership. He's
the "environmentalist" who persistently assaults environmental
organizations. His wife (now ex-wife, ha on him) was the Monsanto Director
of Public Policy, so the joke runs that even Peter Raven's sex-life is
corporate sponsored.

Raven is pleased to boast "There is nothing I'm condemning Monsanto for."
Nothing -- they're flawless at all times in all ways, they have never made
a single error ever & never will. Not agent orange, not cover-ups of toxic
spills that got them dragged into Federal court to lose big-time, not the
world-devastating plan to "own" living germplasm so they can license the
right of the world to even eat.

Monsanto is God's Good Heaven where Raven's concerned, so who better to
take over control of our access to basic foods. No problems are fathomable
from Monsanto developing indentured "customers" for sterile crops not to
mention that said foods are developed not for flavor of nutrition but to
be able to thrive in chemical soups. Well, if we'd only be smart enough to
let Monsanto develop toxin-tolerant human beings to match their products
we'd be in like flint,

No, nothing Monsanto has ever done in the past or is doing now will Raven
ever even for a half-second find less than utopian perfection. They are
above criticism. And being so, their next Agent Orange WILL reach our
dinner tables without even momentary critical thinking about the
repurcussions.

It's no joke, either, that Raven promotes Monsanto as God's Good Heaven.
He is a die-hard Catholic & a major force in the Vatican's Pontifical
Academy of Sciences, through which he has promoted GMO & Monsanto at
Vatican-sponsored seminars as saviors of mankind, as "Elpis" or what can
be found in the Christian Gospels as "Hope." Without Monsanto there is no
Hope, according to this religious crackpot propogandist whose corporate
sponsors made him a millionaire, gave him a wife, & continue to fund all
his pet projects.

And you better believe wholehearted corporate propogandizing has been
profitable for Peter Raven. In exchange for his unwavering praise for
Monsanto, Monsanto has become the primary donor to the Missouri Botanical
Garden, the garden which is Monsanto's primary "bioprospector" since Raven
became its Director. At last count three Monsanto bigwigs are Garden
trustees & every decision made at the Garden is weighed against Monsanto's
corporate interests.

The Garden's multi-million-dollar research center is called, ta-da, The
Monsanto Center, where the development of toxin-tolerant GM foods is high
on their agenda. Vested interests? "Just maybe." So thanks, Mr Thomas, for
clarifying that a straight-head Monsanto propogandist who has scored
millions upon millions of dollars specifically as a propogandist IS your
idea of the ideal authority! It puts your own claim to King of Mars
Smarter Than All Usenet expertise in perspective.

-paghat the ratgirl
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