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Of course. GMOs and nuclear power
Some of us aren't against GMOs for being genetically modified, we're against patents on food.
Some of us also are against massive overuse of glyphosate.
If I could fucking ban pesticides and antibiotics for agricultural use I absolutely would.
You'd probably kill millions of people unless you gradually overhauled the farming industry
Well, yes, but also if I actually had the power to make that change I would do it gradually through a market system for exactly that reason. One can dream, though.
One small change, Market systems are prone to market failures. They're also rather inefficient, because there needs to be inefficiencies or else there's no profit.
No, the best path to reducing pesticides and the over reliance on fertilizer is regulatory, with people on the ground checking compliance. Our food supply is too important to be left to the inefficiencies and corruption of "market solutions"
You need to have a role for the market. Central planning is a demonstrably bad idea.
But a heavily regulated market is the sweet spot.
The sweet spot is in actually testing for, and enforcing regulations. Fund that part properly, and you're most of the way there. It should also not need to be said that the testing and enforcement cannot be outsourced to some corporation, and cannot be self reported.
Oh no better keep poisoning everyone then!
I'm also against patents on food but this is a bad argument. GMOs are artificial and can reasonably be patented under the same rules as any other technology.
Patents in general must be abolished.
All two of you must enjoy hanging out together.
Join us!
I'm busy I have to fly to the UK and throw paint on Stonehedge so I can raise awareness about a different pet issue next week.
"I don't understand nuclear power, therefore it is bad"
Also they had sex symbol Jane Fonda.
What is with the anti-reason luddites and being so good at getting porn stars on their side? Jenny McCarthy is another as well as PETAs small cohort of nude exhibitionist girls.
Maybe the next pandemic WHO should hire a few to do a "vaccines are sexy" promotion. Is that it? The only way to convince people to not die a preventable death is have someone with big tits give them the answer?
Starting with the personal attack. Very convincing.
Notice how I included actual information along with my message and attacked the subject matter directly instead trying to dissolve the conversation into nothingness.
I noticed your comment got removed by the mods because you engaged in a personal attack.
Shrug. I thought we attacked ideas here not people. You know, unlike the luddite crowd does.
That's your 4th comment that doesn't address what I said.
Curious.
Go ahead and tell people what you said
6th comment where you REFUSE to explain why you're shitting on people who don't like GMOs.
You can make it 60th or 600th. I am under zero obligation to be nice to someone who came charging in insulting me.
You sure do hate defending your own words.
No you don't. I've done this before, multiple times. You are extremely predictable. You won't defend what you said because you can't defend what you said. You want to spread disinfo with impunity.
What's happening now is I'm making you repeatably demonstrate to everyone that I'm right.
7th comment.
Repeat the comment the mods removed.
9th comment.
Repeat what you said
https://lemmy.world/modlog/1347
Anyone can view the comment there.
11th refusal.
GMOs come from the same company that created Agent Orange.
Which ones? There are lots of GMOs out there and they don't all come from the same company
This guy here asking for facts from the anti-GMO position. Such high hopes for the human race! I remember being young and optimistic.
All of the ones meant to have pesticides poured on them.
Hey, buddy what happened to your original comment? Since you clearly respect the truth so very much why don't you tell the world what you said to me before? I thought it was quite insightful and a good representation of the anti-GMO position. In fact your comments about my intelligence were perhaps the single best, nay the best, arguments against GMOs I have ever seen.
..so you want me to make the same comment again so it's immediately removed?
No I want you to admit that your entire argument was a personal attack instead of facts, just like your movement.
I'm not admitting to something that I never said. 5th comment of diversion.
So you are claiming that you never insulted me, yes or no?
Oh I insulted you.
8th comment.
Yeps. Repeat what you said
https://lemmy.world/modlog/1347
Anyone can view the comment there.
10th refusal.
The comment where you called me a moron? Is that the comment you are referring to?