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Principia Discordia => Apple Talk => Topic started by: Shibboleet The Annihilator on November 18, 2009, 11:59:55 PM

Title: PBS: Brought to you by...
Post by: Shibboleet The Annihilator on November 18, 2009, 11:59:55 PM
...Monsanto?

:asplode:
Title: Re: PBS: Brought to you by...
Post by: Dimocritus on November 19, 2009, 12:23:02 AM
DUN DUN DUUUUUN!

Monsanto... my arch nemesis.

But seriously, r u srius? 'Cuz that's fucked up if it's for real.
Title: Re: PBS: Brought to you by...
Post by: on November 19, 2009, 12:24:55 AM
Yeah, they have monsanto commercials all over PBS.
Title: Re: PBS: Brought to you by...
Post by: Dimocritus on November 19, 2009, 12:26:11 AM
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...
Title: Re: PBS: Brought to you by...
Post by: Lies on November 19, 2009, 12:43:02 AM
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.
Title: Re: PBS: Brought to you by...
Post by: fomenter on November 19, 2009, 12:52:44 AM
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??
Title: Re: PBS: Brought to you by...
Post by: rygD on November 19, 2009, 01:30:06 AM
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.
Title: Re: PBS: Brought to you by...
Post by: on November 19, 2009, 02:00:29 AM
Quote from: Lysergic on November 19, 2009, 12:43:02 AM
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.
Title: Re: PBS: Brought to you by...
Post by: Eater of Clowns on November 19, 2009, 02:11:29 AM
Quote from: Z³ on November 19, 2009, 02:00:29 AM
Quote from: Lysergic on November 19, 2009, 12:43:02 AM
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.
Title: Re: PBS: Brought to you by...
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on November 19, 2009, 02:11:48 AM
Quote from: Slanket the Destroyer on November 18, 2009, 11:59:55 PM
...Monsanto?

:asplode:

LOL HIPPIES OWNED.
Title: Re: PBS: Brought to you by...
Post by: Requia ☣ on November 19, 2009, 02:17:43 AM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on November 19, 2009, 02:11:29 AM
Quote from: Z³ on November 19, 2009, 02:00:29 AM
Quote from: Lysergic on November 19, 2009, 12:43:02 AM
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.
Title: Re: PBS: Brought to you by...
Post by: on November 19, 2009, 02:22:01 AM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on November 19, 2009, 02:11:29 AM
Quote from: Z³ on November 19, 2009, 02:00:29 AM
Quote from: Lysergic on November 19, 2009, 12:43:02 AM
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.

Title: Re: PBS: Brought to you by...
Post by: on November 19, 2009, 02:25:12 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 19, 2009, 02:11:48 AM
Quote from: Slanket the Destroyer on November 18, 2009, 11:59:55 PM
...Monsanto?

:asplode:

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.
Title: Re: PBS: Brought to you by...
Post by: fomenter on November 19, 2009, 02:32:35 AM
monsanto = GM
anti GM = hippies
hippie's favorite tv station = pbs
pbs brought to you by = Monsanto
= LOL HIPPIES OWNED.


Title: Re: PBS: Brought to you by...
Post by: on November 19, 2009, 02:37:14 AM
Quote from: fomenter on November 19, 2009, 02:32:35 AM
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.
Title: Re: PBS: Brought to you by...
Post by: Cramulus on November 19, 2009, 02:38:58 AM
http://users.soe.ucsc.edu/~guozheng/images/pbs.jpg

Brought to you by...


Wizards like you
Title: Re: PBS: Brought to you by...
Post by: Eater of Clowns on November 19, 2009, 03:40:40 AM
Quote from: Requia ☣ on November 19, 2009, 02:17:43 AM
Preventing seeding was banned.

Good to know.   :D

Quote from: Z³ on November 19, 2009, 02:22:01 AM
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.

Oh, I'm completely saying there's something inherently wrong with that.   :lol:
Title: Re: PBS: Brought to you by...
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on November 19, 2009, 05:56:37 PM
Quote from: Z³ on November 19, 2009, 02:25:12 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 19, 2009, 02:11:48 AM
Quote from: Slanket the Destroyer on November 18, 2009, 11:59:55 PM
...Monsanto?

:asplode:

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.

Talking about PBS and it's viewers, dumbshit.
Title: Re: PBS: Brought to you by...
Post by: Shibboleet The Annihilator on November 19, 2009, 07:37:53 PM
Quote from: Z³ on November 19, 2009, 02:00:29 AM
Quote from: Lysergic on November 19, 2009, 12:43:02 AM
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.

They're doing this with pigs now too.
Title: Re: PBS: Brought to you by...
Post by: Dysfunctional Cunt on November 19, 2009, 07:49:41 PM
I watch a lot of PBS, to be honest I don't give a crap where their funding comes from. 

For the record though, I'm not a fucking hippie.  I just think mainstream tv is mainly crap these days. 

If you don't have cable, you don't have a whole hell of a lot of choices....
Title: Re: PBS: Brought to you by...
Post by: fomenter on November 19, 2009, 07:58:45 PM
Quote from: Slanket the Destroyer on November 19, 2009, 07:37:53 PM
Quote from: Z³ on November 19, 2009, 02:00:29 AM
Quote from: Lysergic on November 19, 2009, 12:43:02 AM
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.

They're doing this with pigs now too.
and suing the dairy's for daring to say untreated milk (no GH) is better....