Hi, i wrote: > > Well, Monsanto genes are mostly illegal in Europe, anyway.
Curt wrote: > http://www.globalagriculture.org/whats-new/news/news/en/30521.html [patented broccoli] Yep. That's the European Patent Office as we know it. Happy to hand out patents for anything. This is good for economy ... say the patent lawyers. Monsanto's problem is not with getting patents but with getting permission for their gene manipulated seeds. Germans mistrust the genetech propaganda because it resembles the nuclear power propaganda from decades ago. Same liars = same poison. The philosophical question is whether one shall applaud a good decision which is made mainly out of ignorance and prejudice. If one is ready to accept the concept of "intellectual property", then a few bacteria genes cannot but augment ones intellectual capacity. Have a nice day :) Thomas
