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elSicomoro · 06-21-2001, 12:51 PM

My $0.02 on this...

I have no doubt that Monsanto (which was recently acquired by somebody...don't remember who) did/does some shady things--after all, my parents live in the shadow of one of their former plants in St. Louis that has leaked dangerous gas before. (That plant is now owned by Monsanto's chemical spinoff, Solutia.) But on the other side of it, Monsanto gave new life to dieters and diabetics in the form of Aspertame, not to mention came up with AstroTurf, which at the time, was ingenious...and I doubt that Colombia is saying much about this current situation. I don't condone hurting innocent people in the "War on Drugs", but some lives will inevitably be swallowed up by this. It seems to me that Monsanto is the middleman in this, as they're not the ones spraying it...perhaps that fair, perhaps not. Sure, Monsanto's parent is making money off of it...but war is a business.

There seems to be only one real reason why there is a "War on Drugs"--What would the Feds do with all their idle ATF or DEA agents if drugs were legal?

06-21-2001, 12:51 PM	#3
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	My $0.02 on this... I have no doubt that Monsanto (which was recently acquired by somebody...don't remember who) did/does some shady things--after all, my parents live in the shadow of one of their former plants in St. Louis that has leaked dangerous gas before. (That plant is now owned by Monsanto's chemical spinoff, Solutia.) But on the other side of it, Monsanto gave new life to dieters and diabetics in the form of Aspertame, not to mention came up with AstroTurf, which at the time, was ingenious...and I doubt that Colombia is saying much about this current situation. I don't condone hurting innocent people in the "War on Drugs", but some lives will inevitably be swallowed up by this. It seems to me that Monsanto is the middleman in this, as they're not the ones spraying it...perhaps that fair, perhaps not. Sure, Monsanto's parent is making money off of it...but war is a business. There seems to be only one real reason why there is a "War on Drugs"--What would the Feds do with all their idle ATF or DEA agents if drugs were legal?