Bizarre leaps of logic
Amorous Badger says: "I once humorously suggested that someone had been internet-stalking a Big Brother contestant. They concluded that I was threatening them. What's the oddest misunderstanding you've been involved in?"
( , Thu 12 Dec 2013, 13:48)
Amorous Badger says: "I once humorously suggested that someone had been internet-stalking a Big Brother contestant. They concluded that I was threatening them. What's the oddest misunderstanding you've been involved in?"
( , Thu 12 Dec 2013, 13:48)
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Possibly,
the argument is more that the practice of large land-owners forcing their tenant farmers to use the seeds - and thereby become economically dependent on them for fresh seeds each year, as well as for the tenancy of the land itself - is what could spread. Not that the seeds would spread by themselves, which is exactly what the technology is (nominally, at least) designed to prevent.
Possibly...
( , Fri 13 Dec 2013, 16:36, 1 reply)
the argument is more that the practice of large land-owners forcing their tenant farmers to use the seeds - and thereby become economically dependent on them for fresh seeds each year, as well as for the tenancy of the land itself - is what could spread. Not that the seeds would spread by themselves, which is exactly what the technology is (nominally, at least) designed to prevent.
Possibly...
( , Fri 13 Dec 2013, 16:36, 1 reply)
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