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Re:Humans once opposed coffee and refrigeration: why we ofte... by xorcist on Monday July 25, 2016 @07:03PM (#12162228)
Because monocultures have been around for over a century, opposing them is irrational? That doesn't make sense. If your goal is to increase biodiversity, it would (at least on the surface of it) seem entirely rational to boycott GMO products. Would you care to elaborate why this is not the case?
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Re:Humans once opposed coffee and refrigeration: why we ofte... by bduerst on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @03:45AM (#12163952)
See this sentence:

>[Monoculture's] for sure a risky practice, but even if you removed Monsanto or even GMO technology from the agricultural industry, you would still have farmers monocropping hybrids.

Attributing monocultures to GMO is irrational.

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