Calling All Kiwis!

So they're bringing their GM Nightmare to New Zealand.

scienceblogs.com...

This Green and Beautiful Country are being convinced (according to this article) by a biased group of people who would like to see NZ farmers trapped in a Nightmare they can never get out of and the long term Health of all Kiwis put at risk.

The people of NZ are among the nicest in the world and are very non confrontational - among Farmers in particular, business is still often done on a hand shake in a Countryside where a 'Man,s Word is a Very Tying Bond.'

Will they be taken advantage of by this - what do you think?

Mate, anything that improves the quality of food we get here is got to be good.
Most of the food that is available in the supermarkets nowadays is crap, the best stuff is sent overseas.
I'm talking veges and meat.
Want an Orange?, odds are it will be from California, not Otago or KeriKeri
It took a hundred years to get the Aussies to accept our apples, maybe they'll go for the GM stuff

reply to post by Seekeye2


Hey, Bro.
What kiwis do you know???
All the ones i am friends with ARE confontational

Seriously though, this is not good for kiwi farmers.
These type of thngs seem to be happening more and more.
We have to start asking ourselves whom does the bell really tolls for.

Ps i Do have some great kiwi / maori mates.

Take NZ.

Originally posted by meathed
reply to post by Seekeye2

 

Hey, Bro.
What kiwis do you know???
All the ones i am friends with ARE confontational

Seriously though, this is not good for kiwi farmers.
These type of thngs seem to be happening more and more.
We have to start asking ourselves whom does the bell really tolls for.

Ps i Do have some great kiwi / maori mates.

Take NZ.

I think this is one time when the Kiwis/maori people should be very confrontational - anyone who reads up on the background to GM crops and the Sheer Corporate Greed it is based on would agree.

Originally posted by Seekeye2

Originally posted by meathed
reply to post by Seekeye2

 

Hey, Bro.
What kiwis do you know???
All the ones i am friends with ARE confontational

Seriously though, this is not good for kiwi farmers.
These type of thngs seem to be happening more and more.
We have to start asking ourselves whom does the bell really tolls for.

Ps i Do have some great kiwi / maori mates.

Take care NZ.

I think this is one time when the Kiwis/maori people should be very confrontational - anyone who reads up on the background to GM crops and the Sheer Corporate Greed it is based on would agree.

I agree,
But its hard to define the line between being a protestor, or a prisoner.
I know what side i will fight on. But whom will the rest fight for

F&S

Genetic modification of crops is aimed at enhancing sustainability amidst the pressure of an ever-increasing population, coupled with a rapidly dimishing natural environment. Get off your high horse, stop following the mindless majority, and tell me a good, valid argument, as to why GM crops should not be accepted. And what exactly is the particular problem in this case?

Although honestly, I'm getting a little tired of this losing battle of trying to stop blind ignorance on this matter.

Originally posted by DeepThoughtCriminal
Genetic modification of crops is aimed at enhancing sustainability amidst the pressure of an ever-increasing population, coupled with a rapidly dimishing natural environment. Get off your high horse, stop following the mindless majority, and tell me a good, valid argument, as to why GM crops should not be accepted. And what exactly is the particular problem in this case?

Although honestly, I'm getting a little tired of this losing battle of trying to stop blind ignorance on this matter.

www.activistpost.com...

It is so sad that you too are blindly ignorant on this matter - here's a little story for you it's called Corporate Greed! They are all in it together but NZ being at the edge of the world - some people take a little longer to latch on.

www.activistpost.com...

Once Upon A Time,

There was a big powerful man named Mr Monsanto - he was very forward thinking and knew the peasants weren't very educated, this was many years ago and he wanted to know how to make a lot of money.

All the local people were curing themselves of various illnesses and he couldn't understand it because these people didn't have University Degrees like he and his friends had, yet they were managing to cure illnesses that they themselves were unable to cure at that time.

He did some investigations and found that the local Witches were mixing concoctions from plants and herbs they found in the woods.

Determined to make some money out of this he instructed his Scientific friends to investigate what it was about these plants that held so many cures and how to make them into pills that he and his friends could claim held miraculous cures without relying on a whitch or going tramping though the woods at all hours.

But he thought - if he cured everyone well that's like the end of a toilet roll there would be no more business so he told his Scientist Friends to add some chemicals that would inflict side effects and other illnesses on the peasants ensuring that they would need more and more pills for more and more illnesses thereby ensuring his future profits.

Many Years passed and Mr Monsanto became very rich having ownership of the various patents on all these new pills that the peasants and their masters found very convenient. However, as time passed by his patents were due to expire and he had been informed by Mr Joe Bloggs, the whistle blower, that the peasants were starting to realise that the pills were giving them other illnesses and some very nasty side effects and were becoming more and more expensive. Hence they had started returning to the old ways and using traditional herbs and native plants again which hadn't been contaminated with chemicals

Bearing in mind that many patents were soon to expire Mr Monsanto and his friends who had grown very rich - didn't want to lose this power and came up with another clever idea - I know, said Mr Monsanto, we'll take control of all these natural herbs and plants so that the peasants have to buy them from us.

We will have a word with that nice Mr Obama who owes us so much and introduce the legislation required and we're back in business. But just to keep the peasants happy we will allow them to purchase their herbs and plants the way they usually do but we will dictate the ones they can have and the dose they can take, that way they won't be cured and will have to rely on us.

He was once again a very happy man and promoted Mr Joe Blogs to Health Minister for his good whistleblowing and paid his Scientists a good Bonus and they all lived happily ever after.

The End.

The suit points to studies citing harm caused by Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide, including human placental damage, lymphoma, myeloma, animal miscarriages, and other impacts on human health.
Plaintiffs condemn Monsanto for prohibiting independent research on its transgenic seeds and for its successful lobby efforts to ban GM food labeling. Many raise the specter of allergic reaction to GM foods, proof of which is hidden by lack of labeling. GMO label laws, currently pending in 14 states, would partially remedy this situation. (Please contact your state reps.)