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| Author: | Dr. Zaius [ Mon Jan 17, 2005 9:03 am ] |
| Post subject: | Corporate Greed: Privatizing the foundation of civilization. |
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... ch_pirates Farming, what made civilizations possible. And ancient practice that has been improved over the milleia, but utilizes one thing; saving the seeds from one crop to plant another. These biotech companies are robbing farmers of their profession's birthrite by making them pay for the privilege to plant the seeds that they produce. This same thing is happening in Iraq. The argument that "the farmers here in the US can always choose not to buy the genetically modified seeds" does not apply in Iraq. The only seeds that the Iraqis are doing given access to are the biotech seeds. Either that, or like many of the American farmers, they either don't understand the agreement, or are being witheld it... It is a great crime for these companies to be doing this.They are sticking it to farmers all in the name of profit. Added to the still unknown effects genetically altered produce will have gives the argument against the use of genetically altered seeds much ground... |
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| Author: | Helmut [ Tue Jan 18, 2005 12:46 am ] |
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God forbid this sort of thing should happen to electric companies . . . ."I see you're using all those Lithium ploymer batteries that you charged up last month. Why don't we just charge you for that power again this month? |
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