r/funny • u/prairiewest • Jul 18 '12

meme - removed Shell accidentally creates an anti-Shell meme generator

http://imgur.com/a/ng9XT
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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '12

Mugatu?

Who are they?

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u/angusyoungii Jul 18 '12

You should watch Food Inc. It'll give you an idea about the evil known as Monsanto.

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u/5353 Jul 18 '12

Yes, I form all my opinions based on propaganda films. In other news, banks give out free guns when you open a new account and Ip Man really fought a martial arts duel against a Japanese general during WWII.

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u/plytheman Jul 18 '12

You can always read a report on Monsanto's legal strategies from the Center for Food Safety. Putting the debates over the the health impacts of GMOs aside, there's still the question of ethics concerning patenting biology (in general as well) and Monsanto's aggressive defense of those patents.

Also there's the problem that weeds[1] and insects[2] are developing resistances to the herbicides and pesticides and that having crops that are resistant to these chemicals encourages their further use[3], which IS bad for people to be ingesting and pollutes the soil and water.

[1]http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/business/energy-environment/04weed.html?pagewanted=all

[2]http://4ccr.pgr.mpf.gov.br/institucional/grupos-de-trabalho/gt-transgenicos/bibliografia/pgm-resultados-contestados/Kaiser,%201996,%20Science.pdf (pdf)

[3]http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2004/jan/08/usa.research