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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: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 17 2017, @04:19AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 17 2017, @04:19AM (#598064)

    This very thing happened to my grandpa. He could not stand up to Monsanto's lawyers. They had immense financial backing and could drag things out until they depleted grandpa out of his resources.

    This kind of thing is why I believe all this "rights" legislation has gone way overboard. This legislation has just become a tool to keep everyone else off your lawn, while neatly avoiding the responsibility of paying the "property tax". With a Congressional Handshake, one person can enjoy the benefit of "free enterprise" while legislating no one else from competing. #MAGA Tolerate free enterprise again!

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