On Sat, 08 Nov 2014 17:51:10 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2014-11-08 4:56 PM, Jeßus wrote:
>
>>>> Mostly the reasons that something like a GMO labeling measure fails a
>>>>
>>>> 1. People know it will increase the cost of the food they buy.
>>>
>>> How exactly will slapping a GMO label on the food increase the cost of
>>> food?
>>
>> It won't of course. But putting the fear out there of higher prices
>> always does the trick.
>
>That was one of the arguments against going metric. You know that no
>packaging machines are made to be adjusted or calibrated and that they
>are never replaced with newer and more efficient models.

Heh I recall when Aus went metric, there really wasn't any problems
once it was implemented. At least that was how it seemed to me as a
kid...

>>> Most of the people are ignorant about some of the details. Farmers used
>>> to be able to buy their seed, harvest it and keep a portion for the seed
>>> for the next year's crop. GMOs won't let you do that. There is concern
>>> about them contaminating other crops and farmers being on the hook for
>>> patent fees. Look at the case of Monsanto vs.Schmeiser where a farmer's
>>> field was accidentally contaminated and Monsanto sued.
>>
>> Yeah... 'accidentally'. I know going back several years ago, there was
>> a spate of non-GMO crops 'accidentally' contaminated with GMO seed.
>> Even more remarkable was the apparent psychic ability of Monsanto to
>> locate such crops and get court orders to have them tested. It was
>> just a ploy to drive out those farmers resisting the change to GMO
>> crops and maintaining their own seed, of course.
>
>Well.... there are limited sources for seed and farmers have a unique
>way of finding out everybody's business. If you know any farmers you
>would know that they know just about everything about what all the other
>local farmers are growing. They also know what kind of farm tractor
>equipment everyone around them has.
>
>I used to deal with a lot of farmers on the job, and once acted to stop
>the growing practice of them using old highway trailers to haul their
>crops around. Screw the rules about lights, brakes and tires, no one
>will charge a farmer. I wanted to put an end to that attitude. I
>charged a farmer at one end of our district on afternoon. The next
>morning I was dealing with a farmer more than 20 miles from there and he
>told me about the other incident, not realizing that I was the one who
>had done it. Believe me, news travels fast in the farm business.

Indeed it does, and if you lived here and done that, your house would
have been burned down and you would have to leave the area. Only one
cop here in recent memory chose to not get along with the locals, he
had to leave and be replaced. The house attached to the police station
was also burned down.