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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 14 Oct 2013

    Make no mistake, GM isn’t about saving lives or feeding the hungry, it’s about applying intellectual property rights to staple foods.

    2:06 AM - 14 Oct 2013
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      2. Jimmy Tidey‏ @Jimmytidey 14 Oct 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral absolutely is about feeding the hungry. Lovely talk here http://www.marklynas.org/2013/01/lecture-to-oxford-farming-conference-3-january-2013 …, or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_rice …

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      3. Sean Glynn‏ @SeanGlynn4 15 Oct 2013
        Replying to @Jimmytidey

        @Jimmytidey @aral You're absolutely right, Jimmy. They've had years to let this sink in but its the same old conspiracy theories again.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 15 Oct 2013
        Replying to @SeanGlynn4

        @SeanGlynn4 @Jimmytidey You don’t need conspiracy theories when you have business models. They’re very transparent things.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Sean Glynn‏ @SeanGlynn4 15 Oct 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @Jimmytidey in regards to Golden Rice? Come on.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 15 Oct 2013
        Replying to @SeanGlynn4

        @SeanGlynn4 My original tweet was about companies like Monsanto.+@Jimmytidey

        3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Jimmy Tidey‏ @Jimmytidey 16 Oct 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @SeanGlynn4 exactly the sentiment of original tweet means GM rice is stuck in the lab while millions suffer unnecessary malnutrition

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. @_________‏ @dacActual 14 Oct 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @agentK GM food *science* is about saving lives etc. GM food *business* has its $$$ agenda. Don't tar science with same brush.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Kai Koenig‏ @agentK 14 Oct 2013
        Replying to @dacActual

        @dacActual @aral The GM food science is unfortunately financed by the GM food business for the sole reason of creating IP.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. @_________‏ @dacActual 14 Oct 2013
        Replying to @agentK

        @agentK @aral take your tinfoil hat off, Kai.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 14 Oct 2013
        Replying to @dacActual

        @dacActual @agentK Yeah, Kai, stop following the money & basing your statements on their business models you crazy conspiracy theorist, you.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Jimmy Tidey‏ @Jimmytidey 14 Oct 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral GM not analogous to software licensing. Condemning it is the same as condemning OO programming because Microsoft used it

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 14 Oct 2013
        Replying to @Jimmytidey

        @Jimmytidey Not condemning science of GM, condemning application of intellectual property law to staple foods.

        3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Jimmy Tidey‏ @Jimmytidey 14 Oct 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral That's not clear from your original tweet. I'd rather Golden Rice wasn't licensed too.

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      2. Paul Mackay‏ @pmackay 14 Oct 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @EcoLabs that’s always been my biggest issue with GM, while politicians talk only about food pros/cons.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. EcoLabs‏ @EcoLabs 14 Oct 2013
        Replying to @pmackay

        .@pmackay @aral - also the push for GM relies on a misinformation on malnutrition, which is a problem of distribution not supply.

        0 replies 3 retweets 0 likes
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      1. designjuju‏ @designjuju 14 Oct 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral how apt #MarchAgainstMonsanto happened in Ghana on sat. @victoria_okoye has some pics on her timeline

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      2. Sparkle #GeneralElectionNow #JC4PM‏ @StarSparkle_UK 14 Oct 2013
        Replying to @aral

        Essentially, it's about controlling the world's food supply @aral @All_a_Mort

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Paul Pié‏ @elevensages 14 Oct 2013
        Replying to @StarSparkle_UK

        Yep, for the purposes of ultimately culling 6.5 billion of us spare to capacity to One World Empire. @StarSparkle_UK @aral @All_a_Mort Alas

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      4. merangel‏ @MerAngel 14 Oct 2013
        Replying to @elevensages

        @elevensages @StarSparkle_UK @aral @All_a_Mort Reminds me of WWII instead of tattoos our numbers are on file! Happening worldwide!

        1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
      5. Paul Pié‏ @elevensages 14 Oct 2013
        Replying to @MerAngel

        Well yeah, US Is Global Reach Empire now @MerAngel @StarSparkle_UK @aral @All_a_Mort nolonger in the hands of the American people themselves

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