On 2018-08-11 11:04 AM, Terry Coombs wrote:
> On 8/11/2018 11:53 AM, graham wrote:
>> On 2018-08-11 9:07 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2018-08-11 9:02 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>> On 8/11/2018 8:52 AM, graham wrote:
>>>
>>>>> OTOH, were there any scientists on the jury? A competent lawyer
>>>>> could convince a jury that homeopathy is scientifically valid.
>>>>
>>>> I don't know about the jury, but Monsanto likely had an army of
>>>> lawyers.
>>>
>>> True.Â* They are the company who sued a Canadian farmer for using
>>> their Roundup resistant product without paying the licensing fee.Â* He
>>> never bought their product, but it was growing on his property. He
>>> felt that he was entitled to plant the seeds from the crop he
>>> harvested on his property.Â* If I ran the world,Â* I would have allowed
>>> him to sue Monsanto for not controlling their product and allowing it
>>> to contaminate other farmers' fields.
>>
>> He maintained that the *seed* had blown in from a neighbour. Yeah,
>> right! He'd grown it before and knew that it was a licensed product.
>> This was one case where I was on Monsanto's side, not that I approve
>> of the company, which is now owned by Bayer.
>
> Â* I believe you've been misinformed . It was the POLLEN that blew over
> and pollinated his crop , thus introducing the genetic modifications to
> the grain he saved for seed . It matters not whether he knew it or not ,
> IMO Monsanto deliberately made it possible for this to happen , in order
> to force everyone to buy their seed every year . In the past , farmers
> kept a portion of their crop for seed for next year . Not anymore ,
> Big-Ag wants to control the market for seed to make a profit . They also
> hate those of us who insist on growing our gardens with either saved or
> purchased heirloom seed so we can have some for next year . THEY WANT TO
> CONTROL THE FOOD SUPPLY !!
>
NO! He claimed it was the seed!!!
If it had been the pollen, Monsanto wouldn't have had a case as 50% of
the genome would have been non-Monsanto.
He'd obviously kept their seed back for re-planting without paying the fee.
I don't approve of Monsanto either but I don't like liars!!!!