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Old 21-12-2009, 04:32 AM posted to rec.gardens.edible
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On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:14:48 -0500, "Steve Peek"
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Sure he knew, but wasn't that what mankind has done since the dawn of
agriculture? That right should be protected if only by common sense.


Common sense tells me that the right to save seed doesn't extend to
saving someone else's patented property.
Don't like the law?
That's what November 4th is for.

This wasn't a protest, it was a theft.


It wasn't a protest.

It wasn't theft.

Seed saving is a human right.

That Monsanto is capable of abusing the law to prevent a farmer from
exercising a basic right is tribute to the thieves running the show.