(May 8, 2012 at 9:34 am)kılıç_mehmet Wrote: You really don't need to be a "foodie", whatever that is supposed to be, to know the difference between a non-gm, organic tomato and a gm tomato, that is grown with synthetic fertilizers.
Foodie is a colloquial term. It is an aficionado of food and drink, whom is able to discern difference in quality to minute detail. Most of us think a tomato tastes tomato-ey and leaves it at that.
(May 8, 2012 at 9:34 am)kılıç_mehmet Wrote: Just as I cannot produce renault cars in my country without the consent of renault, I cannot produce the seeds I need to grow food without the consent of the ones who own the IPR to the damn foodstuff.
That's the bit that makes me angry. I agree completely. I explicitly said it makes me angry.
The crops in question that are to be "burnt" in protest, are government funded according to the open letter, not private.
Which makes the rant over DRM etc somewhat meaningless in this instance.
Quote:No one on this earth is hungry because there is no food to get, people are hungry because they cannot pay for the food. I'm hungry, so I go to the shoppe and buy food to eat.
You're capable with economics.
What happens when you increase the supply and reduce wastage?
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If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
