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cassandra
Joined: 27 Mar 2013 Posts: 1733 Location: Tasmania Australia
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cassandra
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Mistress Rose
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cassandra
Joined: 27 Mar 2013 Posts: 1733 Location: Tasmania Australia
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Rob R
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 31902 Location: York
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Posted: Thu Aug 29, 13 9:37 am Post subject: |
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cassandra wrote: |
Rob R wrote: |
I'm not upset, I'm surprised by your eternal shame. This is exactly the kind of thing I was talking about in the fracking debate. Big corporations and governments will be bound to disregard our concerns if we pay them to do so. |
I think my remark 'eternal shame' acknowledges your point RobR |
It might have done, had you not followed it up with;
cassandra wrote: |
Not sure how using another 25ml of a bottle of glyphosate bought 4 years ago might qualify as supporting big corporations |
which sounded like an outright denial of the point.
cassandra wrote: |
- however I would also repeat Alchemist's question - what alternative would you recommend. We all live in a global society and dependence on any product of multinationals or indeed petrochemicals is an element of our lives. It is whether we use those products profligately or with restraint that determines the outcome, surely? |
Alchemist? Yes, it determines the outcome that they continue to do what they do because they have the endorsement, even, of people who care about the things they do wrong. If you don't use them at all it sends an even stronger message that you don't approve of their ethics.
cassandra wrote: |
PS, I refuse to work through the entangled webs of companies to determine ownership before buying a sandwich ... lazy? Or just fairly balanced and moderate in my approach? |
I agree, it is very difficult to work through the tangled web, but lets be honest, Monsanto don't make it very difficult to identify which are their products if you have the packaging. Like I said before, it's a trade off you're happy to make, I'm not going to try and persuade you otherwise. It sounds like you're still trying to justify it to yourself, rather than seeking validation from random people on the internet, but I could be wrong. You have acknowledged my point, so lets just leave it at that. |
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cassandra
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Mistress Rose
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cassandra
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Mistress Rose
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cassandra
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cassandra
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Mistress Rose
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cassandra
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Mistress Rose
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cassandra
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