Missouri Farmer Wins $265 Million Verdict Against Monsanto

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[–]magnora7 7 insightful - 4 fun7 insightful - 3 fun8 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

Good. Monsanto is a corrupt company that has far overstepped

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Far overstepped what? You mean literally everything, right?

[–]jet199 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

This has been happening all over the developing world for a decade and no one cares. Those that plant GM crops kill all their neighbours crops with pesticides. People in the whole area are then left with no choice but to buy GM themselves. This is probably a bigger problem with GM than any fears over health issues.

[–]SaidOverRed 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

If I were to spray poison into my neighbor's lawn and kill their cat, I should be liable for that, right? Even if I have some super cat that can't be poisoned and I'm just spraying everywhere.

The part that I can see that's wrong is the A) planning to cause damages and B) lying to people that there was no externalities.

[–]jet199 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

The thing is you don't have to spray it into your neighbour's lawn, you spray in on your own property, carefully, and it still gets everywhere. I mean our water supply is full of the stuff.

[–]HiddenFox 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Anyone have a guess as to how long it will take the appeal to pan out? I'm just curious how long they can stall and how long it will take the farm to see any compensation.

[–]wendolynne 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

if they take dicamba off the market in the meantime, it's still a win for the environment.