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Malcom \Mal\ Reynolds Malcom \Mal\ Reynolds is offline
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Default proposed California law to hurt foodies and the poor

In article >, Doug Freyburger >
wrote:

> Malcom "Mal" Reynolds wrote:
> > "Jean B." > wrote:
> >> Doug Freyburger wrote:

> >
> >> > My current objection to GMO products is the corporate tactics of the
> >> > companies sueing farmers for keeping some of their seed for the next
> >> > year as has been done since the invention of argiculture.

> >
> >> How about suing farmers when the GMO material drifts into their
> >> fields?

>
> That too.
>
> > under tort law, that amounts to trespassing and is actionable

>
> It's a bug in the laws. The targetted farmers took no action. They are
> victims of receiving GMO pollen and then victims of lawsuits.


it's an often overlooked fact about law that it more often than not works both
ways...this seems like the most perfect of examples of this dictum