Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

posted by martyb on Thursday November 16 2017, @01:24PM   Printer-friendly
from the speaking-of-bill-gates dept.

Retired judge Justice Patrick Tabaro writes of a proposed law in Uganda that looks to adversely affect its independence and, specifically, what is starting to be called these days "food security".

[...] science is not a magic wand for solving man's food security concerns, but must be applied in accordance with Ubuntu (humaneness).

[...] Since the advent of civilization, peasants have had capacity to plant their own seeds. With the advent of GMO farming, the peasants who constitute 70 per cent of the population have their fate sealed; they may fall into the debt trap, fail to service bank loans and will be in danger of losing their cherished land holdings to financial institutions – and this may entail food insecurity for everyone.

[...] God forbid that anyone should be targeting our scientists to make us vulnerable for easy domination.

He concludes that [w]ith GMOs, there is no Ubuntu, (human nature, humanness, humanity, virtue, goodness, and kindness).


Original Submission

 
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
Display Options Threshold/Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.
  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Thursday November 16 2017, @05:16PM (1 child)

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Thursday November 16 2017, @05:16PM (#597774)

    I prefer to keep my evil people with unseemly motives at the bottom of the power pyramid, when possible. And, since that's not always possible, then keeping the pyramids smaller means that one evil capstone will have smaller effects on society as a whole, and as long as we maintain a level of "freedom to choose" then the serfs under the evil master can leave for greener pastures under a less evil master, shrinking the evil topped pyramids power even further.

    The problem is when there are very few pyramids to choose from, and they are all topped by equally evil masters - often masters who get together and strike non-compete bargains to treat their serfs equally poorly.

    You're partly right, but it's not only the US government that's enabling the bad behavior - the US is a major player in the game, but the game is global and the solution won't come from a sudden enlightenment of the US Legislature alone.

    --
    🌻🌻 [google.com]
    Starting Score:    1  point
    Karma-Bonus Modifier   +1  

    Total Score:   2  
  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 17 2017, @06:36PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 17 2017, @06:36PM (#598293)

    you are a good serf, your current and future masters will be pleased of your ass-licking