Activists Destroy Scientific GMO Experiment 1229
Posted
by
samzenpus
from the not-in-my-garden dept.
from the not-in-my-garden dept.
Freggy writes "In Belgium, a group of activists calling themselves the Field Liberation Movement has destroyed a field which was being used for a scientific experiment with genetically modified potatoes. In spite of the presence of 60 police officers protecting the field, activists succeeded pulling out the plants and sprayed insecticides over them, ruining the experiment. The goal of the experiment was to test potato plants which are genetically modified to be resistant to potato blight. It's a sad day for the freedom of scientific research."
Oh no! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:GMO scientists, who do you think you are? (Score:1, Funny)
But now they do it with chemicals, which is a scary word. I don't want any chemicals in my body.
Re:Sounds like (Score:4, Funny)
Ask the government for a handout, of course.
GM Solution (Score:4, Funny)
Nah, make them work for local farms for 8 weeks. They'll perhaps learn the meaning of hard work and humility.
We are talking GM crops here. Surely a more elegant solution would be to make the crop protester resistant? Once we have Triffid(TM) Potatoes they'll be no more problems with annoying protesters.