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Well, do you also oppose privatization of fertilizer, tractor, fuel? They're all agricultural input.

Helgo mean that patents on crop have existed for a very long time (I think some apple varieties where patented in the 19th century), and that the whole issue pre-date GMOs.

I'd... personally, I'd probably draw a line at any staple crops, especially if they weren't tailor made for very specific, very extreme environments. Luxury-ish crops -- like most fruit and probably many vegetables, as well as anything really exotic -- would be okay to patent, but stuff that could -- does -- have the potential for massive impact, especially in less developed areas... shit really should be public domain. Trademark a specific way of branding it, maybe -- that's going to net you plenty of profit in and of itself -- but keep the making of it open and readily available.

There's some scientific advancements we as a species really need to get off our asses, point to, and say, no, this is not going to be sacrificed for greed. Many food related advancements strongly fall under that umbrella, imo. If GMO et al is really doing as well as its proponents say, most it should be being spread as far and as wide as we can manage, not being parceled out for profit. And if the law is getting in the way of that, the law probably needs a pitchfork shoved up its bum.

... that first one made me wonder. Did anyone every turn a superscope into a functional projectile weapon?

I mean, without using it as ammo.

I've read someone else reading it. That was quite enough, thank you.

Now now, CP, these people are perfectly supportive of personal liberties and freedom of expression, so long as those liberties are "do what they say" and that expression is "say what they want you to." And anyway, no right minded individual would want otherwise, so there's obviously no risk of oppression for the good person, just those filthy deviants/foreigners. We should laud these individuals for trying to keep the people on the proper path. Maybe laud them with lead, but hey >_>

Presumably the line smelt of nautical freight to Gig.

... tarantulas and most snakes are pretty harmless as pets

Non-venomy snakes that have been around humans a lot are even pretty friendly when they're full, in my experience. Family had a pet boa constrictor back when I was little... fairly cheerful fellow, all told. Once walked around the local elementary school with a 6+ foot snake around my neck

That was after having it hanging around a room full of elementary school kids (my classmates, at the time) without incident.

Given in... well, generally a majority of cases, it's the human's fault the animal bit? At least when it comes to domestic animals. Generally not going to get too annoyed at a dog for biting someone that's tormenting them. Wouldn't blame a person for knocking someone that poked them in the eye to the floor, either.

Beyond that, it's ultimately the owner's responsibility. If they've fucked up badly enough putting the animal down is actually required, then it should happen, but that's very rarely the case in everything I've seen.