Under-educated gap-year hippies at Greenpeace have destroyed experimental crops in Australia:
In the early hours of July 14, Greenpeace protestors gained illegal entry into an experimental CSIRO operated farm near Canberra and destroyed a crop of genetically modified (GM) wheat.
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Greenpeace is citing fears that GM wheat crops are unsafe for human consumption and could spread unabated, contaminating Australia’s bulk wheat supply, as the reason for their action. The protestors created what the organisation calls “a decontamination area” to dispose of the crops.
Greenpeace has a long an history of opposing GM crops, even going so far as to persuade a starving Zambia to reject GM food aid:
Britain’s pressure groups have had a hotline to the Zambian scientists entrusted with advising their government about GM relief maize. The Zambians have instinctively accepted their suspicion of the motives of the United States in flooding Africa with GM food - and they have been particularly moved by the health fears that erupted in Britain in 1999 [Fears in no small part fueled by Greenpeace - Ed]
Greenpeace has told Zambia that its burgeoning business selling organic produce to Europe could collapse if it accepts GM. The EU has denied this but Zambia decided to believe the NGOs.
The shamed ecoterrorists have since greenwashed the record to fudge their involvement in Zambia, but the ugly truth is they preferred people to starve than eat the ‘wrong sort’ of grain. It’s nothing new, Greens lead the way when it comes to increasing the body count in Africa.
Radical greens believe the planet needs fewer people, and where better to start than the world’s most vulnerable populations.
- DDT saves lives? Ban it.
- GM crops can feed millions? Ban it.
- Golden rice can mitigate the effects vitamin deficiencies? Ban it.
Greenpeace destroyed the crops in Australia not because of a irrational fear of science, but because the last thing they want is a world that can feed itself.
It’s not a bug, it’s a feature. To be green is to be a misanthrope. Gaia über alles, or something.
Is this the place to propose a “hottie” for consideration? My nomination is Christine Rice. Why? Well, for starters, she’s a scientist who researched global warming. She had this to say this month in a BBC interview (before the host had a chance to quickly change the subject):
“I was amazed really by the inadequacy of what we had, because we’re talking about climate change which is over tens of thousands of years as opposed to the twenty years of data that we had. So in a way we were putting out a lot of ideas and not really having concrete scientific research to support it, and I suppose at that point I did lose a little bit of my spark, thinking well I could propose an idea and I could probably draft a thesis that would support it and yet I wouldn’t really convince myself necessarily.”
There’s more. She can sing. Oh my, can she sing?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKPUHPhxxuM&feature=related
For still more, may I suggest James Delingpole’s post. Poor chap is somewhat stricken, you might say!
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100097342/christine-rice-your-new-favourite-mezzo-soprano/
Geee Dave, I notice that you have an awful lot of evidence of exclusively Monsanto crops failing in areas that have never had crop failures before. One might even call it “infinite evidence” if one were clever enough to place the body in the divisor.
Why is it that Monsanto crops have failed in Mexico, Africa and India? Why did those crop failures result in the surrounding crops being damaged and destroyed? India has suffered several complete crop failures using GM seed. In fact, earlier this month a Monsanto employee was beaten up in India because the crops failed again and Monsanto did not make good their claims.
Michael,
Thanks for the comment, but Alex Jones is not a credible source on anything. He’s a nutjob conspiracy theorist making a fortune off the gullible, and in that regard he’s no better than Greenpeace.
I’m no fan of the hippies @ Greenpeace but you’ve got it wrong on the EVIL GMO foods. You should really do your research on the what GMO really is before showing your ignorance on this topic. Find out more @ infowars.com.
Just who is the science deniers now?
Maybe the “War on Terror” should start with those NGO.