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Biotech Company To Patent Pigs
Anonymous Swine writes "Monsanto, a US based multinational biotech company, is causing a stir by its plan to patent pig-breeding techniques including the claim on animals born by the techniques. 'Agricultural experts are scrambling to assess how these patents might affect the market, while consumer activists warn that if the company is granted pig-related patents, on top of its tight rein on key feed and food crops, its control over agriculture could be unprecedented. "We're afraid that Monsanto and other big companies are getting control of the world's genetic resources," said Christoph Then, a patent expert with Greenpeace in Germany. The patent applications, filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization, are broad in scope, and are expected to take several years and numerous rewrites before approval.'"
Scratch that, I think the real motivation here for Greenpeace is that they hate Monsanto, and they are willing to do anything they can to try to hamper them in any way, even if it makes their position appear illogical. The only way Monsanto could satisfy them is by going out of business. Which is fine, I guess, but it's kind of annoying to have someone who doesn't represent their position in a straightforward way.
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Way to fail to make an argument. Idiot.
How we know is more important than what we know.
Wow.. only on Slashdot.
It's kinda important to put "stock" in what "farmers" think if you're trying to understand the success of a company that sells to, wait for it, farmers. If you don't like what Monsanto do then you really have to think about why they do it.. and that means identifying who their customer is..
How we know is more important than what we know.
Remember this little stunt, when Greenpeace tried to starve a whole bunch of people to push their agenda? Reread that a few times until it sinks in. They were willing to let people starve to death for their anti-GMO goals. Yes, I realize that they only advised government officials to do that, and maybe they would have done it anyway for political purposes, but Greenpeace still supported the decision. As far as I'm concerned, monsters like that have less than zero credibility concerning genetically modified food.