[CH] Monsanto
Blake Olson (blakeo@flash.net)
Sun, 20 Feb 2000 19:10:57 -0600
Mr. Shapiro is Jewish and probably doesn't believe in Hell or the
Devil.
Perhaps someone should contact him and get his take on Monsanto's
behaviour. My experience in corporate America suggests that corporations
are rarely as cynically mercenary as some people portray them.
A case in point here is the seed issue.
The farmers who bought the seeds knew when they bought them that the
seeds were patented and they could not, legally, collect and reuse them.
They did not expect Monsanto to follow up but got caught. Tough. I have
no sympathy and little empathy even though I was raised on a farm.
Farmers are, nowadays, master economists. Buying seeds from which no
seed crop can be expected is a pure economic consideration, just like
buying hybrid seeds. All farmers understand this issue completely and
deal with it constantly.
Blake in San Antonio