Should genetically modified foods be labelled?

2minkey said:
so what? it's just one monument, funded by some dude under a pseudonym. it hardly lays out the foundations for an evil plot to depopulate the US. and i'd really like to see you address the contradiction that i mentioned. you do realize that depopulation is one of the last things that big capital wants, no? a reclusive sect of weirdos has more power to shape anything than big capital? please... what's next? a rag tag team of disgruntled veterinarians will take over, by the power of a manuscript that lays out mysteries of celestial movements in the crab nebula?
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What contradiction? That the all the elite capitalist would not want to cut down consumer spending? You have a false dichotomy going on if you think everyone is either all for depopulation or all against.

Check out: Quotes on depopulation
 
um, no.

capitalism requires growth. economic growth and population growth. do you not understand that?
 
2minkey said:
um, no.

capitalism requires growth. economic growth and population growth. do you not understand that?
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Perhaps those behind depopulation are not concerned about the ideal capitalistic economic model. What did you think of the quotes?
 
My concern is less over health and more over the monopoly of the companies that sell the seeds. This is ruining farmers who do not choose to pay the price to these companies.
 
That too. Nice how Monsanto tried to use the Haiti earthquake as an opportunity to get a monopoly there.

Haitian Farmers Reject Monsanto Donation
by Michelle Greenhalgh | Jun 07, 2010
The Peasant Movement of Papay, a group of Haitian farmers, has committed to burning 60,000 seed sacks (475 tons) of hybrid corn and vegetable seeds donated by Monsanto in the wake of the devastating earthquake earlier this year.

Peasant Movement of Papay leader Chavannes Jean-Baptiste called Monsanto's donation "a new earthquake" and called for a march to protest the corporation's presence in Haiti for World Environment Day.

The National Peasant Movement of the Congress of Papay sent an open letter on May 14 signed by Jean-Baptiste. The letter called Monsanto's presence in Haiti, "a very strong attack on small agriculture, on farmers, on biodiversity, on Creole seeds..., and on what is left of our environment in Haiti."

In addition to MPNKP and MPP, other Haitian social movements have advocated in opposition to agribusiness imports of seeds and food. The groups have expressed strong concern regarding the importation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) as they undermine local production of local seed stocks.

Haitian law does not prohibit the use of GMOs within the country, but the Ministry of Agriculture rejected Monsanto's offer to donate Roundup Ready seeds. As a result of these actions, a representative from Monsanto responded to the Ministry of Agriculture via email to assure that donated seeds would not be GMO.

Monsanto is internationally known for aggressively pushing its seed products, specifically GMO seeds. The use of seeds also usually includes highly restrictive technology agreements between the company and farmers, who groups opposed to the use of GMOs claim are not always fully made aware of what they are signing. GMO-opposed groups claim that by signing these agreements, small farmers are forced to buy Monsanto seeds each year under conditions they often find onerous and at high costs that they cannot afford.

The corn seed product Monsanto donated to Haiti has been treated with the fungicide Maxim XO, while the calypso tomato seeds were treated with thiram. Thiram is a highly toxic chemical belonging to the ethylene bisdithiocarbamates (EBDCs) class. Upon U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) tests on the EBDC's, the EPA deemed any EBDC-treated plants so dangerous to agricultural workers, that they are now mandated to wear protective clothing when handling them.
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http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2010/06/haitian-farmers-burn-monsanto-hybrid-seeds/
 
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