On 8/20/2013 6:16 PM, Jeßus wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Aug 2013 10:31:55 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 8/20/2013 9:31 AM, notbob wrote:
>>> On 2013-08-20, jmcquown > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I don't know if she "won", but she got a point across. Sharp young
>>>> woman. The guy seemed to try to brow-beat her a bit. She didn't lose
>>>> her cool.
>>>
>>> Agree. Plus, this Kevin twit uses specious arguments to no avail. So
>>> what if 50K ppl die. Too damn many ppl on this tiny orb, anyway. We
>>> need to lose about 5 billion. Everybody else tests so Monsanto
>>> doesn't need to? Who is this asshat? I've had my run, so no sweat
>>> off my brow, but it's a losing game and there's a good chance GMOs
>>> will be a key player in man's demise. Bottom line, it's not nice to
>>> fool mother nature and to add insult to injury, Monsanto is doing it
>>> out of pure greed. They don't give a rat's ass how many ppl die as
>>> long as they make a profit.
>>>
>>> nb
>>>
>> What got me the GMO rice with Vitamin A. She researched it, said
>> the hypothetical kid would have to eat 37 bowls of rice a DAY. He was
>> like, so what? Uh, dude, if the kid had could get his hands on
>> 30-something bowls of rice a day he would most likely have access to
>> other food, too. It was a ridiculous point for him to try to press.
>
> Yeah, that was an particularly stupid argument.
>
I'm correcting myself, she said *27* bowls of rice a day. But still...
what a stupid thing for him to say! He tried to "guilt" her by saying
other kids aren't as lucky as she is... does that somehow change the
facts? Not in my book.

Jill