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Steve wrote:

On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:29:09 -0800, "gunner"
wrote:

However, he did not at
all explain why he sprayed Roundup to isolate the Roundup Ready plants he
found on his land; why he then harvested the plants and segregated the
seeds, saved them, and kept them for seed; why he next planted them; and
why, through this husbandry, he ended up with 1030 acres of Roundup Ready
Canola which would otherwise have cost him $15,000.


I'm vehemently against GMO as a business model. The potential of
Monsanto to control the world seed market terrifies me. The potential
for disease in a (genetic) monoculture is equally frightening.

But I believe Mr. Schmeiser gamed the system and is the last person
who should be held up as a victim.

Owning "life-forms" is gaming the system, in my opinion. If farmers
can't control the pollen from their plants, so that it infests or
pollutes a neighbor's seed, THEY should be held liable.

GMOs don't produce more nutritious crops, or larger crops. They simply
allow greater contamination of the soil, and in turn promote herbicide
resistant weeds. In turn these crops are the most subsidized, and their
cheap price results in them being turned into what we call "junk food"
because they provide empty calories, devoid of nutrition. Moreover,
there are many people who are concerned about their impact on human
health.

Schmeiser was only continuing a traditional process of selecting seeds.

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