Activists' Destruction Of GM Crops Was Justified:

Why if it is legal to grow it, is it also legal to destroy it? France (or any other country) can't have it both ways. Either make GM crops illegal and don't allow companies to grow them or else properly fine those who damage those crops. You can't allow a company to grow something and then not afford them protection under the law.

>>You can't allow a company to grow something and then not afford them protection under the law.<<

Laws don't normaly tell one what they "can" do but what they "can't"do. Perhaps there is no law against growing the crops but none supporting it either. The French Judge evidently feels there should be a law against. Maybe those in the EU will once again rehash the pro's and con's of GM crops.

I don't know the details of this but can you even imagine a court saying anything remotely similar in Canada? Just ask Percy!

Percy felt the full wrath of Monsanto's millions. I agree fully with this judge. The Europeans are so far ahead of us on this issue it is not even funny. I just read yesterday a story about a California farmer who spent 15 years perfecting a red kernaled corn the natural way only to see it ruined by GM corn getting into his field. 15 years now gone, and so has most of his customers. How long till Monsanto or one of these other Dr.Frankenstein corporations sue him?

The Europeans are mandating buffer zones between GM crops and non-GM crops. Some US states are doing the same. US wheat growers put an end to Monsantos plans to take over the wheat business there because nobody would then buy their wheat exports. Roundup is killing the soil in many places it is used and just about the only thing that will grow there now is roundup ready seeds.

We are going to see the pollution of our food stocks in our lifetime. It's bad enough we pollute our air, soil and oceans at the rate we do, but now for no good reason we are going to do it to our food stocks. GM backers say it will help cure hunger etc. I call BS. There is more than enough food in this world, but the will to get it to those that need it at prices they can afford is not. We in N.America throw away so much perfectly good food it boggles the mind. For instance, I was in the Real Canadian Superstore today and in the produce department they were throwing out apples that had "imperfections" on them. I asked if I could take them for free since they were going to toss them, and of course they said they would have to charge me full price. What really gets me is that most food stores don't even compost or cycle the food to the local farms for feed!

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If there was ever a time for Canadians to become pushy - now is the time - for time is running out on this nation called Canada.

Great comment Roy. As Percy drew out attention to we are already seeing the pollution of our food stocks. I don't fully understand why Canadians don't seem to recognize the danger. Rats are dying from GM foods yet Canadians still buy veggie burgers filled with GM Soy. If it is not labelled organic it is most likely GM Soy. Does Monsanto have more control over our government than those in Europe that this violence is so easily whitewashed in Canada?