Is the organic food movement the most anti-science social movement out there?

[Elok]

Ecofarm: notice how hard they are trying to distract attention from Drake? There's a reason for it.

I haven't read this thread in ages, but Drake is pretty much the Aquaman of the Triad of Arrogance.

[ZEE]

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[RGBVideo]

You know guys, we should obviously stop using this thing called modern wheat. It's just a genetically modified (what selective breeding essentially is) version of wild wheat, which is the original, natural form of wheat. GM is bad, and organic is good, so wild wheat is obviously doubleplusgood.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheat

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einkorn_wheat

"Organic food" advocates promote agricultural techniques that have been used during the mythical, less technological past. When you start thinking about it, the whole movement is based on proud and unapologetic Luddite-ideology. Thank god most of them are still consumers rather than producers.

[giblets]

Sometimes when I argue with gribbler, I think that maybe I'm arguing with an actual retarded person and I feel bad about it.

You are in no position to call other people retarded.

[Ecofarm]

You know guys, we should obviously stop using this thing called modern wheat. It's just a genetically modified (what selective breeding essentially is)

If you think that selective breeding and mixing jellyfish, bacteria and plant genes in an unstable and potentially dangerous new variety is the same thing, you are a ****.

Selective breeding never crossed phylums.



I would also like to note, when drunk I will expose the "triad of assh0les" (perhaps we should go with "axis of evil" ?) but when sober I really have no interest in any interaction with them. When I'm drunk, I'm easily entertained and I feel it is also doing a community service. But if you guys want to see them called out on their BS regularly, someone else is gonna have to pick up the slack.


And gribbler, I'm honestly not trying to be mean but I really do take pity on you. I mean, the whole "freedom of speech" means not opposing someone's words? Quoting someone means accusation? That's some of the saddest crap I've seen in a long time. You sound like a child. And you obviously desperately want to be friends with the axis of evil - that's sad too.

[Kuciwalker]

Your insults to gribbler are kind of bizarre because he's not remotely dumb.

[MrFun]

I think the greatest anti-science social movement is creationism.

[Jon Miller]

I think the greatest anti-science social movement is creationism.

I think that post-modernism beats it.

JM

[Ecofarm]

Your insults to gribbler are kind of bizarre because he's not remotely dumb.

Dude, he thinks freedom of speech means we are not supposed to argue with people or oppose their words. It just doesn't get any dumber than that. How much of a moron would you have to be to think that? It's beyond comprehension; I think most children have a better understanding of freedom of speech.

[giblets]

Dude, he thinks freedom of speech means we are not supposed to argue with people or oppose their words. It just doesn't get any dumber than that. How much of a moron would you have to be to think that? It's beyond comprehension; I think most children have a better understanding of freedom of speech.

Nope, you misinterpreted what I said (surprise!) and will never admit that you were wrong about it no matter what anyone says. You're near Ben Kenobi levels of dishonesty and inability to process criticism.

And your objections to genetic modification must have been written by chicken little...

[Ecofarm]

I have to find the quote?

"free speech" = people say whatever the hell they want

which you don't handle very well

You're making a fuss over what someone said. That's not really embracing free speech.

How about you explain how I "misunderstood" that?


My response to the latter quote:

So it is only free speech if no one comments or opposes it?

That's staggeringly stupid.

And it IS staggeringly stupid. And you cannot deny it. It is there for everyone to see.

[giblets]

Yep, I definitely wasn't saying "freedom of speech means we are not supposed to argue with people or oppose their words." I was pointing out that when people are free to say whatever they want, they're free to wind you up, and you end up making a fool out of yourself. And after you get trolled, you respond with righteous indignation, because you're shocked that someone would dare to make a joke about wrestling 13 year old Japanese boys in loincloths. But I shouldn't expect you to understand that, because you seem to be oblivious to the fact that you're a laughingstock.

[Ecofarm]

And again, the loincloths was not the comment that set me off. There was no mention of children in it. He said "Asian men".

It was when someone mentioned him liking sex tourism that I said "of age, of course?" and he said "only because the age of consent is ridiculously low". Then I asked him "wtf" and he said he was not joking. Then Kuci said everyone knew.

The loincloth was not part of what set me off. Stop using that as a red herring.

So you are fond of Asians (presumably of age). TMI. Again, that's twice this week.

(presumably of age)

Just barely, thanks to Japan's ridiculously low age of consent.

That's not funny.

And so it began. He confirmed he was not joking and then Kuci said everyone has known for years.

The "loincloth" comment has nothing to do with my objection.

[Solomwi]

Keep ****ing that chicken, Pedotard.

[KrazyHorse]

Pedotard