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The poor farmer didn't know he was using roundup ready seeds...and yet somehow also decided to use roundup on his crops anyway!
Except he did know that he was using roundup ready seeds, and thought he was exploiting a loophole.
Turns out he was wrong: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowman_v._Monsanto_Co.#Backgrou...
This is absolutely not a case of big evilco going against the little guy.
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The poor farmer didn't know he was using roundup ready seeds...and yet somehow also decided to use roundup on his crops anyway!
Except he did know that he was using roundup ready seeds, and thought he was exploiting a loophole.
Turns out he was wrong: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowman_v._Monsanto_Co.#Backgrou...
This is absolutely not a case of big evilco going against the little guy.