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user-inactivated  ·  4080 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Monsanto protesters across globe rally against firm's genetically modified food products

You probably should have led with that, I'd be interested to hear why you personally were protesting (was it GMOs, or Monsanto, or both -- as thenewgreen says below, people need to separate the science from the business practices). But honestly I had the GMO discussion, extensively, a few months ago in this thread and multiple others. I did a lot of reading, it was a hot-button Supreme Court issue, etc. Now I'm less willing to dive back into it. I'm pro-GMO, anti-life patenting, although that's murky, and I'm ambivalent about Monsanto -- they're working within the structure we've built. One thing I do know is that as a company they've made a lot of important advances in the past. I also know that the green revolution isn't possible without hardy wheat strains.

Like I said, I'm not really looking to debate a months-old topic. But I'd be interested in why you protested, and how, and so on. That sounds fascinating.