PBS: Brought to you by...

[Shibboleet The Annihilator]

...Monsanto?

[Dimocritus]

DUN DUN DUUUUUN!

Monsanto... my arch nemesis.

But seriously, r u srius? 'Cuz that's fucked up if it's for real.

[Z³]

Yeah, they have monsanto commercials all over PBS.

[Dimocritus]

Wow. That's what I get for channel surfing in between shows. There's hardly any television that I want to watch, and now I have to boycott one of the only stations I do enjoy...

[Lies]

Ok I had no idea who monsanto was, but after doing a bit of wikiing, learned besides the bovine growth hormone thing, they produce GM food.

Ok, while I don't agree with bovine growth hormones, I hope you guys aren't bitching about this just because they're a GM company, or else I'll bitch slap you like the fucking hippies you are.

[fomenter]

monsanto has a bunch of evil shit that they do....
this thread has links to info on some of their evil doings
http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=21791.30  did anything ever come of this??

[rygD]

After doing a little research myself, I want to make some stupid, ignorant comment about Monsanto being wonderful, but they seem to really be a fucked up company.  I actually really dislike the stuff I am seeing, and the GM stuff doesn't bother me.  I know some pretty bad shit happens in the world, but they seem to just do whatever they want to whoever they want.

[Z³]

Ok I had no idea who monsanto was, but after doing a bit of wikiing, learned besides the bovine growth hormone thing, they produce GM food.

Ok, while I don't agree with bovine growth hormones, I hope you guys aren't bitching about this just because they're a GM company, or else I'll bitch slap you like the fucking hippies you are.

I've heard that their Roundup Resistant strains of corn, soy beans, etc.. have a way of finding their way of getting into crops of farmers who dont grow those strains, those farmers in turn have a way of being sued into the dark ages by the Monsanto corporation.

What makes this especially odd, is that those strains of soybeans etc, supposedly dont pass on the round-up resistant trait onto the second and third generations of plants.

[Eater of Clowns]

Ok I had no idea who monsanto was, but after doing a bit of wikiing, learned besides the bovine growth hormone thing, they produce GM food.

Ok, while I don't agree with bovine growth hormones, I hope you guys aren't bitching about this just because they're a GM company, or else I'll bitch slap you like the fucking hippies you are.

I've heard that their Roundup Resistant strains of corn, soy beans, etc.. have a way of finding their way of getting into crops of farmers who dont grow those strains, those farmers in turn have a way of being sued into the dark ages by the Monsanto corporation.

What makes this especially odd, is that those strains of soybeans etc, supposedly dont pass on the round-up resistant trait onto the second and third generations of plants.

Why would they?  Then the farmers wouldn't buy seed from Monsanto every year.  That they don't pass on the round-up train to the next generation isn't as surprising as there being a next generation at all.  I was under the impression they ensured the crops wouldn't reproduce at all for the repeat customers.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

...Monsanto?

LOL HIPPIES OWNED.

[Requia ☣]

Ok I had no idea who monsanto was, but after doing a bit of wikiing, learned besides the bovine growth hormone thing, they produce GM food.

Ok, while I don't agree with bovine growth hormones, I hope you guys aren't bitching about this just because they're a GM company, or else I'll bitch slap you like the fucking hippies you are.

I've heard that their Roundup Resistant strains of corn, soy beans, etc.. have a way of finding their way of getting into crops of farmers who dont grow those strains, those farmers in turn have a way of being sued into the dark ages by the Monsanto corporation.

What makes this especially odd, is that those strains of soybeans etc, supposedly dont pass on the round-up resistant trait onto the second and third generations of plants.

Why would they?  Then the farmers wouldn't buy seed from Monsanto every year.  That they don't pass on the round-up train to the next generation isn't as surprising as there being a next generation at all.  I was under the impression they ensured the crops wouldn't reproduce at all for the repeat customers.

Preventing seeding was banned.

[Z³]

Ok I had no idea who monsanto was, but after doing a bit of wikiing, learned besides the bovine growth hormone thing, they produce GM food.

Ok, while I don't agree with bovine growth hormones, I hope you guys aren't bitching about this just because they're a GM company, or else I'll bitch slap you like the fucking hippies you are.

I've heard that their Roundup Resistant strains of corn, soy beans, etc.. have a way of finding their way of getting into crops of farmers who dont grow those strains, those farmers in turn have a way of being sued into the dark ages by the Monsanto corporation.

What makes this especially odd, is that those strains of soybeans etc, supposedly dont pass on the round-up resistant trait onto the second and third generations of plants.

Why would they?  Then the farmers wouldn't buy seed from Monsanto every year.  That they don't pass on the round-up train to the next generation isn't as surprising as there being a next generation at all.  I was under the impression they ensured the crops wouldn't reproduce at all for the repeat customers.

I'm not trying to say there is something inherently wrong with that... although to be honest I think that the idea of being able to hold a copyright on a genome is quite possibly going to set a very dangerous precedent, I'm merely trying to draw attention to the questionable legal practices of Monsanto.

[Z³]

...Monsanto?

LOL HIPPIES OWNED.

More like farmers owned, unless you think that farmers are hippies?
In which case, I would invite you to come visit rural Nebraska.

[fomenter]

monsanto = GM
anti GM = hippies
hippie's favorite tv station = pbs
pbs brought to you by = Monsanto
= LOL HIPPIES OWNED.

[Z³]

monsanto = GM
anti GM = hippies
hippie's favorite tv station = pbs
pbs brought to you by = Monsanto
= LOL HIPPIES OWNED.

OH I GET IT.
Although I probably missed that that because I never really associated PBS w/ hippies.