The monster that is Monsanto
POSTED BY: Fremdfirma
UPDATED: Friday, May 9, 2008 15:49
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Why is it so important for you to ridicule me just because I'm skeptical of a muck raking article from VF ? Oh, sure, it does follow the standard Lib fare for accusing big business of being all things unholy, kicking the little guy, just to make a quick buck. We know the drill. I just find it less credible when the writer of this "piece " comes out w/ such biased and slanted language from word one. When that happens, I'm gonna be skeptical. As anyone should be. It's only healthy, imo. I have no stake in the matter either way, other than I hate seeing folks get shaken down for things they didn't do, or for being what they're not.
It is not those who use the term "Islamo-Fascism" who are sullying the name of Islam; it is the Islamo-Fascists. - Dennis Prager
" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "
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Quote:The reason why you get chapped so often isn't because you're "skeptical", Auraptor. It's because you operate in only two modes: You're either believing what you already agree with, or rejecting that which makes you uncomfortable. In other words, your mind is completely closed. In between there's no room for doubt, inquiry, testing of knowledge, or intellectual growth.
I'm skeptical of a muck raking article from VF ?
For example, you say the article is "slanted" but you haven't disproven a single point in it, nor have you come up with an mitigating evidence: Say, for example, that Monsanto is losing billions of dollars in lost revenue through seed-saving and that it's investigations are generally well-targeted.
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Originally posted by SignyM:Quote:The reason why you get chapped so often isn't because you're "skeptical", Auraptor. It's because you operate in only two modes: You're either believing what you already agree with, or rejecting that which makes you uncomfortable. In between there's no room for doubt, inquiry, testing of knowledge, or intellectual growth.
I'm skeptical of a muck raking article from VF ?
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no room for intellectual growth ? What a load of go se. Stating that I'm skeptical , and why, isn't the same as claiming cynicism. BIG difference there, if ya don't know. I'll admit that I'm leaving myself open to taking a bath on all this, that I might be wrong. But that still doesn't get the writer for vilifying 'Big FARM ' as being inherently evil, uncaring and greedy.
It is not those who use the term "Islamo-Fascism" who are sullying the name of Islam; it is the Islamo-Fascists. - Dennis Prager
" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "
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But where are your FACTS????
All you have is opinion.
But no FACTS.
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Originally posted by SignyM:
But where are your FACTS????
All you have is opinion.
But no FACTS.
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Don't need any facts yet, to be skeptical. And I've already admitted there's a chance I could be all wet on this, and the VF piece is dead on accurate per this issue. I just don't like how it sounds, is all I'm saying.
It is not those who use the term "Islamo-Fascism" who are sullying the name of Islam; it is the Islamo-Fascists. - Dennis Prager
" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "
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Quote:*falls off chair clutching chest*
Originally posted by AURaptor:
I've already admitted there's a chance I could be all wet on this
You've taken your first step into a larger world....
Obi-Wanisall
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Quote:Then I apologize for pounding on you some more. Some people can't take "maybe" for an answer, and I guess I'm one of them. Sorry 'bout that!
Don't need any facts yet, to be skeptical. And I've already admitted there's a chance I could be all wet on this, and the VF piece is dead on accurate per this issue. I just don't like how it sounds, is all I'm saying.
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Auraptor and Kirkules are the perfect Americans, by which I mean that they believe the party line and are too well indoctrinated to question authority. They watch newscasts on stations with corporate and partisan agendas and believe they are receiving factual, unbiased information. They are compliant and gullible. They are not to be hated, they are to be pitied. Their naïveté coupled with their unwillingness to accept new information ensures that they will support the corporations that systematically poison them. They feed themselves and their children poisoned milk, meat, and produce. They clothe themselves with garments produced using poisonous chemicals in every phase from plant to fiber, from countries that poison the air and water to make them (not to mention the harm to our economy from the trade imbalance), purchased from superstores that poison the local environment and economy. They purchase and purchase, just as they've been trained to do from birth. They consume and waste. They destroy the planet. They are to be pitied. Poor fools. I weep for them.
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Wow, Green.... this would be a good time to plug one of my favorite educational videos.... it follows very closely with what you're saying...
http://www.storyofstuff.com
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Originally posted by GreenBrowncoat:
They are compliant and gullible. They are not to be hated, they are to be pitied. Their naïveté coupled with their unwillingness to accept new information ensures that they will support the corporations that systematically poison them.
Did I miss the part were you demonstrated your vast knowledge of plant genetics and Bovine husbandry. Usually those here add something constructive to the conversation before they tell me I'm an idiot. What "new information" did you add. Oh right, we all know now that you're a pompous ass.
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