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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).


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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday November 16 2017, @09:47PM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday November 16 2017, @09:47PM (#597922) Journal

    Would it be better if someone killed billions of people in a misguided effort to do good, than if they did the same for profit?

    Because its always preferable to have billions of people killed by the choice "pay me or else..." than have billions of people dying while trying to find their way to solve the hunger problem, right? In the first case there's a least a profit to go somewhere, in the second case, some may succeed and no money can be taken from them. </sarcasm>

    Look mate, I wouldn't have a problem if Monsanto can keep its pollen on their patches, but to have it coming and asking me to pay for something that I didn't willingly do is as unconscionable as racketeering.

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