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Re:No free trade agreement if charges of espionage are true,... by dragonwriter on Sunday June 30, 2013 @09:08PM (#5968066)
> Why is this simple piece of logic so difficult for anti-GMO extremists to understand? These technologies literally have the potential, without even being hyperbolic, to save Billions of lives.

Any description of technology "saving" lives is hyperbolic. Technology can extend lives, or make more lives possible to start, but we haven't yet found any technologies that will actually save lives.

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Re:No free trade agreement if charges of espionage are true,... by Volpe on Monday July 01, 2013 @12:49AM (#5968715)
... what are you talking about?

Are you arguing the semantics of "save"? Bullet proof vests save lives... Polio vaccines save lives...

Or is that just "extending": "He was suppose to die with a bullet to the chest, so by stopping it, we extended his life"

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