Comments on: Monsanto – We’re Just Like You http://monsantoblog.com/2009/02/25/monsanto-good-people/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=monsanto-good-people Beyond the Rows is a Monsanto Company blog focused on agriculture. Monsanto employees write about Monsanto’s business, agriculture, biotechnology, and the farmer. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:44:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Callaham http://monsantoblog.com/2009/02/25/monsanto-good-people/comment-page-1/#comment-2863 David Callaham Sun, 24 May 2009 18:51:17 +0000 http://blog.monsantoblog.com/?p=344#comment-2863 Monsanto is a Wonderful company. Reading all of your hateful remarks and scourging insults makes me feel like crying. Just because you don't understand the Miracle of Agricultural Biotechnology does not mean you should fear it, mistrust it, or hate it. It really hurts to hear you say terrible things about wonderful people. I hope to work for this wonderful company someday. As a biochemist who knows a great deal about Ag Biotech, I can say unflinchingly that Monsanto is on the right side. If you want to hurt anyone, hurt me instead. Leave the good people at Monsanto alone! I love Dr. Robert B. Horsch, Dr. Robert T. Fraley and everyone else who has made the world a better place despite the cruelty and criticisms of uneducated and mistrustful lay people. okay, now i am crying... Monsanto is a Wonderful company.

Reading all of your hateful remarks and scourging insults makes me feel like crying. Just because you don’t understand the Miracle of Agricultural Biotechnology does not mean you should fear it, mistrust it, or hate it.

It really hurts to hear you say terrible things about wonderful people. I hope to work for this wonderful company someday. As a biochemist who knows a great deal about Ag Biotech, I can say unflinchingly that Monsanto is on the right side.

If you want to hurt anyone, hurt me instead.
Leave the good people at Monsanto alone!
I love Dr. Robert B. Horsch, Dr. Robert T. Fraley and everyone else who has made the world a better place despite the cruelty and criticisms of uneducated and mistrustful lay people.

okay, now i am crying…

]]> By: Juilus Teaser http://monsantoblog.com/2009/02/25/monsanto-good-people/comment-page-1/#comment-2862 Juilus Teaser Wed, 13 May 2009 02:06:59 +0000 http://blog.monsantoblog.com/?p=344#comment-2862 Put yer money where yer piehole is: drink a quart of Roundup a week! Put yer money where yer piehole is: drink a quart of Roundup a week!

]]> By: Cowgirl up http://monsantoblog.com/2009/02/25/monsanto-good-people/comment-page-1/#comment-2861 Cowgirl up Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:35:25 +0000 http://blog.monsantoblog.com/?p=344#comment-2861 Monsanto....your not at all like me...and I certainly do not want anything to do with you. I have no use for liars...and that's what you are. Leave us alone and make your billions somewhere other then my country. Monsanto….your not at all like me…and I certainly do not want anything to do with you. I have no use for liars…and that’s what you are. Leave us alone and make your billions somewhere other then my country.

]]> By: Deborah Rubin http://monsantoblog.com/2009/02/25/monsanto-good-people/comment-page-1/#comment-2860 Deborah Rubin Sat, 04 Apr 2009 02:52:22 +0000 http://blog.monsantoblog.com/?p=344#comment-2860 Smartunion, please share your information. Smartunion, please share your information.

]]> By: smartunion http://monsantoblog.com/2009/02/25/monsanto-good-people/comment-page-1/#comment-2859 smartunion Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:56:41 +0000 http://blog.monsantoblog.com/?p=344#comment-2859 tell the farmers about the bad side of RoundUp or we'll do it for you tell the farmers about the bad side of RoundUp or we’ll do it for you

]]> By: JT http://monsantoblog.com/2009/02/25/monsanto-good-people/comment-page-1/#comment-2858 JT Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:22:24 +0000 http://blog.monsantoblog.com/?p=344#comment-2858 No, you're not like me at all. You cannot have a conscience and feel good everyday about going to work for Monsanto at the same time. Maybe your community that you speak of simply just feels lucky to have a job in today's economy, while using their well-exercised skills of denial to ignore what Monsanto really is and what they do. Well, that's your choice and you'll have to live with that on your mind-- after all, you're the one who decided to send Monsanto your resume. Don't even try your lame PR tactics in an attempt to humanize Monsanto's agri-gangsterism. Your methods make Dick Cheney look like a good guy. Keep your GM seeds and your pesticides to yourself, I want no part of it. hey i have a good PR idea, that's better than this blog. Art Harper, who's on the board for Monsanto, is also on the Board of Directors for Gannett News-- why not write favorable 'feel-good' articles about Monsanto in USA Today? oh, maybe you've done that already... No no, you're not like me at all. No, you’re not like me at all. You cannot have a conscience and feel good everyday about going to work for Monsanto at the same time. Maybe your community that you speak of simply just feels lucky to have a job in today’s economy, while using their well-exercised skills of denial to ignore what Monsanto really is and what they do. Well, that’s your choice and you’ll have to live with that on your mind– after all, you’re the one who decided to send Monsanto your resume.

Don’t even try your lame PR tactics in an attempt to humanize Monsanto’s agri-gangsterism. Your methods make Dick Cheney look like a good guy. Keep your GM seeds and your pesticides to yourself, I want no part of it.

hey i have a good PR idea, that’s better than this blog. Art Harper, who’s on the board for Monsanto, is also on the Board of Directors for Gannett News– why not write favorable ‘feel-good’ articles about Monsanto in USA Today? oh, maybe you’ve done that already…

No no, you’re not like me at all.

]]> By: Jorge Cordeiro http://monsantoblog.com/2009/02/25/monsanto-good-people/comment-page-1/#comment-2857 Jorge Cordeiro Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:40:37 +0000 http://blog.monsantoblog.com/?p=344#comment-2857 Monsanto? You mean this company well-portraited by Vanity Fair in this article published in may 2008? http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/05/monsanto200805 Well, do all Monsanto's employees know about these facts? If the answer is yes, what do they do to stop this madness? Monsanto? You mean this company well-portraited by Vanity Fair in this article published in may 2008?

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/05/monsanto200805

Well, do all Monsanto’s employees know about these facts? If the answer is yes, what do they do to stop this madness?

]]> By: Chris http://monsantoblog.com/2009/02/25/monsanto-good-people/comment-page-1/#comment-2856 Chris Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:25:50 +0000 http://blog.monsantoblog.com/?p=344#comment-2856 Victoria, didn't mean to imply that you, personally, were piling on here. However, I've seen my share of piling on in other forums. This knee-jerk negativity and de-personalization of Monsanto employees should be concerning to anyone interested in civil discourse. And, yes, your analysis of my interpretation of "epic fail" was correct, hoped-for effect or no. Victoria, didn’t mean to imply that you, personally, were piling on here. However, I’ve seen my share of piling on in other forums. This knee-jerk negativity and de-personalization of Monsanto employees should be concerning to anyone interested in civil discourse.

And, yes, your analysis of my interpretation of “epic fail” was correct, hoped-for effect or no.

]]> By: Deborah Rubin http://monsantoblog.com/2009/02/25/monsanto-good-people/comment-page-1/#comment-2855 Deborah Rubin Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:46:53 +0000 http://blog.monsantoblog.com/?p=344#comment-2855 But why did Monsanto continue polluting after they became aware of the problem? One of the main things that worries me concerning Monsanto's genetic engineering of our food and their development of pesticides is demonstrated the very explanation Monsanto's lawyers gave for why the town was polluted: "The attorneys said the company wasn't aware the chemicals were being released or that they could be dangerous to the general public." I don't have much confidence that Monsanto knows or reveals all they know about the dangers associated with their technologies. But why did Monsanto continue polluting after they became aware of the problem?

One of the main things that worries me concerning Monsanto’s genetic engineering of our food and their development of pesticides is demonstrated the very explanation Monsanto’s lawyers gave for why the town was polluted:

“The attorneys said the company wasn’t aware the chemicals were being released or that they could be dangerous to the general public.”

I don’t have much confidence that Monsanto knows or reveals all they know about the dangers associated with their technologies.

]]> By: Chris http://monsantoblog.com/2009/02/25/monsanto-good-people/comment-page-1/#comment-2854 Chris Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:08:55 +0000 http://blog.monsantoblog.com/?p=344#comment-2854 “Complete perspective” probably won’t be found in seven-year-old news stories, either. A lot has happened since that CNN article appeared in 2002, so allow me to provide, in the words of the recently departed Paul Harvey, “the rest of the story.” Monsanto has invested more than a half a billion dollars in Anniston, not only on environmental cleanup but in community improvements efforts, as well. We’re continuing to provide active leadership on the cleanup, working closely with regulators and community leaders in these efforts. These are facts that you’re not likely to find in the typical posts about Anniston. “Complete perspective” probably won’t be found in seven-year-old news stories, either. A lot has happened since that CNN article appeared in 2002, so allow me to provide, in the words of the recently departed Paul Harvey, “the rest of the story.” Monsanto has invested more than a half a billion dollars in Anniston, not only on environmental cleanup but in community improvements efforts, as well. We’re continuing to provide active leadership on the cleanup, working closely with regulators and community leaders in these efforts. These are facts that you’re not likely to find in the typical posts about Anniston.

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