GMOs are bad for biodiversity, bad for non-corporate farming, bad for the public's right to natural

[Attorney in Texas]

97. You keep posting arguments that GMOs are "safe." I'm not saying GMOs are unsafe. GMOs illegally

undermine independent farming. That has nothing to do with whether the GMOs are safe to eat or not.

You are completely wrong that the same arguments apply to other patented seeds.

As several others have pointed out already, GMOs are created to be dependent on specific pesticides and herbicides - that's great if you're the company that holds the exclusive right to market those specific pesticides and herbicides. When pollen drift affects a neighboring independent farmer's crop, his crop becomes dependent on those proprietary pesticides and herbicides. Plus, when the independent farmer's crop is contaminated by his neighbor's GMO, the independent farmer has lost access to the gigantic market share for non-GMO produce and he can only sell his contaminated crop into a much more limited market.

These concerns DO NOT APPLY to non-GMO patented seed for two reasons. First, the non-GMO patented seeds are not created to be dependent on proprietary pesticides and herbicides. Second, the non-GMO patented seeds ARE NOT BANNED in many markets around the world the way GMOs are banned by law or by the fact that lots of countries have consumers who just don't want the crap Monsanto is selling.

You fucking well know all of this so don't pretend this is news to you. Also, don't feel obliged to cut-and-paste more articles that tobacco isn't addictive, er ..., I mean don't feel obliged to cut-and-paste more articles that GMOs are safe to eat. I'm not saying GMOs are unsafe to eat (they are just an unscrupulous business model).