anti GM scientist gets the flick

[armoured saint]

Yes, CSIRO. One of Australia's most prestigious scientific research and development organisations has booted out a scientist who worked for them for 23 years because he was critical of GM crops.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/csiro-dumps-antigm-expert/2007/05/26/1179601737365.html

[jimijams]

I was just reading that in the Age, no real surprise though. GM crops are a 'must be' an they cannot have any voice of reason standing against it.
Did you read this one too? http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/gm-critics-ignorant-says-chief-scientist/2007/05/15/1178995158653.html

[armoured saint]

Missed that one.

It's too late now, with GM crops planted in many parts of the world, the winds will take these seeds everywhere. It'll just be a hodgepodge of GM and natural seeds, and for companies like Monsanto it means they will have a monopoly on farming.

The slightest speck of Monsanto owned patents gives them influence and power over people and their assets, telling them what they can and cant do. That's why already in the US, Monsanto can drive into anyones property who uses Monsanto patents.

[mynameis]

Do you want your children to eat? Do what Monsanto says or we boycott you and won't sell you our seed. Etc. de facto consensus through starvation motivation.

[armoured saint]

Do you want your children to eat? Do what Monsanto says or we boycott you and won't sell you our seed. Etc. de facto consensus through starvation motivation.

Yes. Farming and independance is everyones right. Organisations like Monsanto are here to tell us it's not.

When I heard about the patenting of pigs and their dna structure, I realised that things are getting worse than good. You actually had Monsanto people tell certain German farmers that the pigs on their farms were 'their' patents. What does that mean? Licenses, fines and other forms of extortion.

It's interesting to see how European farmers react to Monsanto's presence there in the near future.