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In reply to the discussion: The Problem with G.M.O. Labels [View all]ljm2002
(10,751 posts)32. Whatever happened to...
...that old "let the marketplace decide" thingy?
You are arguing to keep consumers ignorant of something they want to know, because according to you, they're ignorant anyway.
Which of course directly mirrors the attitude of the large corporations towards the general population.
What a load of crap.
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The planet is overpopulated, screw GMOs, and I want full disclosure on my products' labels.
NYC_SKP
Aug 2014
#1
reposting this up here - a response to Specter, including a note from the editor
Voice for Peace
Sep 2014
#78
The alternative, YOUR alternative, is "whatever, let's breed and fuck the planet, just feed us."
NYC_SKP
Aug 2014
#61
The corporate bullshit coming from the toxic GMO Co is pathetic. I won't be a part of their
Cha
Aug 2014
#5
Apple bananas can be bought easily in Hawaii, and they are awesome! Much tastier than that bland
peacebird
Aug 2014
#28
I assume that ZombieHorde is referring to the modified nature of bananas (and all foods) in general.
randome
Aug 2014
#42
My objection is the Round up ready part. If they're that damn tough, they can do without it. EOM.
freshwest
Aug 2014
#9
'Cause they're big giant coporation chickenshit$. bok bok And, we have people defending
Cha
Aug 2014
#21
Actually, the more batshit of the anti-GMO crowd shot labeling efforts in the foot.
NuclearDem
Aug 2014
#51
Because the rabid anti-science fringe who can't separate science from economics
NuclearDem
Aug 2014
#44
Jayzoo, Monsanto must be desperate. Shitty propaganda piece. A huge tell is this:
Zorra
Aug 2014
#14
Let people who want to use it as a selling point label their produce as "GMO free".
Donald Ian Rankin
Aug 2014
#16
The GMO producers have even fought that. They don't think foods should be allowed to be
pnwmom
Aug 2014
#23
That's the same dumb argument they had against ingredient labeling in general, which they fought
pnwmom
Aug 2014
#22
The tobacco companies hid evidence of harm for decades. The also fought labeling when
U4ikLefty
Aug 2014
#58
GMO staved off third world starvation. Google Norman Borlaug, The Man Who Saved A Billion Lives. n/t
X_Digger
Aug 2014
#60
Well, we (or, at least the GMO industry) can't leave decisions to the people.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Aug 2014
#45
Of course we can - that's what letting people label food "GM free" entails. N.T.
Donald Ian Rankin
Sep 2014
#68
GMOs kill people. Growing GMOs will promote their development, which will lead to great suffering.
Chathamization
Aug 2014
#54
Err...no. "Yeah, it's pretty easy to make baseless claims." It's baseless claim, like in the OP.
Chathamization
Sep 2014
#74