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In reply to the discussion: Rather than be naive enough to imagine this GMO article would change many minds... [View all]closeupready
(29,503 posts)60. If GMO's are labeled, GMO-producer market share will suffer,
is how the argument goes. Because, it is implied, consumers will reject GMO-labeled products.
LOL - kind of funny how that works, huh - GMO promoters are deathly afraid of the free market; yet, they are the VERY FIRST ones to whine about government regulations as being the antithesis of the free market.
What a tangled web we weave, huh?
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Rather than be naive enough to imagine this GMO article would change many minds... [View all]
Silent3
Jul 2014
OP
People buy what they want to buy. They should know what they are being sold.
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2014
#18
it was "republished" when the authors paid a fake vanity journal to publish it WITHOUT peer review
mike_c
Jul 2014
#31
You are chastising prospective responders for pre-emptive responses that are formed without
Squinch
Jul 2014
#2
There should be a choice, for farmers and for consumers. Does democracy frighten you?
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2014
#12
Gee, I missed the part where I claimed you said anything. I was speaking my mind.
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2014
#16
So I should have taken the the very pointed-sound question "Does democracy frighten you?"
Silent3
Jul 2014
#19
I'm not well-educated enough on these issues to ultimately decide which side is right
aint_no_life_nowhere
Jul 2014
#48
Didn't someone just post a link to an article stating GMO foods are less nutritious
justiceischeap
Jul 2014
#63