Reply #34: Alright, then GMO is the tool. [View All]

[DrWeird]

Like software is microsoft's tool for it's monopoly. In my view, there is nothing inheritly wrong with either terminator genes or roundup-ready crops, at least anymore than there is with Windows. But unlike with software, with GMO there is a lot of confusion and scare-mongering with GMO, so if your beef is with Monsanto's business practices than you should clearly state that.

As far as making food more expensive to grow, I believe that most farmers go with GMO because they are in fact cheaper than conventional crops, despite the royalties to the companies that invent them.

And I think the increase in hunger in the united states has far more to do with unemployment than crop shortages.