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[Sylviaanne]

I have to agree with you that population limitations are necessary. The things that need to be free or low cost are the methods of contraception. It is not the complete answer but just a part. One of the things I made sure my two daughters knew as they were growing up is that I didn't want them to feel that they needed to be in any kind of rush to run out and give me grand-kids. Go out. Get your feet on the ground. Don't have kids till you are at least 25. Let yourself grow up first. Make sure that the daddy wants to help you raise them. Also since diabetes runs on both sides of the family if you fall in love with someone who has the same history seriously think of adopting. Our genes are not so special that it worth risking a serious health issue on a baby. There are tons of children out there that need loving parents.

I have been telling my granddaughters (we have had them since they were babies) to finish high school, go to college, buy a car and a house so that if something happens, they will always be able to take care of themselves and any children they have. I tell them if they marry a guy who has all these things, he gets to keep everything when and if they get a divorce. Now, I know that is not always true but if they believe me, maybe they will do as I ask. The older girl, 18 this year dropped out of school and shows no signs of wanting to get anywhere in life but at least at this point she's not pregnant nor does she want children right now.

 

[hemet dennis]

Quote: So tell me why people move to places where they're not allowed to raise chickens and then decide they have the right to raise chickens ?
Do you think a group of people should be able to decide the rules that the group should go by ? Does anyone have the right to live in an area where they don't have to take the risk that their neighbor will cause a fire ?

All of those stories that claim you're required to be hooked up to the public utilities can never site the law that says that. And that thing about you can't save seeds is also not true.

 

[getaclue]

Gotta love that block feature!

 

[hennible]

I thought you could not legally save patented GMO seeds.... Monsanto sued a farmer in the parries, and one because their canola was growing on his land and he had not bought seed from them. This was a cross pollination issue though, not him intentionally saving Monsanto seed

 

[hennible]

Just a bit from a seed saving book about what you can't save legally

 

[hemet dennis]

I thought you could not legally save patented GMO seeds.... Monsanto sued a farmer in the parries, and one because their canola was growing on his land and he had not bought seed from them. This was a cross pollination issue though, not him intentionally saving Monsanto seed

You can save the seeds and just pay the owner of the patent the patent fee.
The farmer that has a whole field of GMO plants that he claims is from cross pollination would have better odds of winning the lotto then having a whole field of GMO. But the real give away is when the farmer uses Roundup to control the weeds, and plants his crop with the spacing called for with GMO plants. That is a farmer that is defrauding the patent owner.

 

[hemet dennis]

Always makes the world better.

 

[hennible]

Plant breeds right in Canada also effect what seeds are legal to save.
Plant Breeders' Rights (PBR) are a form of intellectual property rights by which plant breeders can protect their new varieties in the same way an inventor protects a new invention with a patent.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency administers the Plant Breeders' Rights Act (1990) and Regulations which provide legal protection to plant breeders for new plant varieties for up to 18 years.

 

[hennible]

Always makes the world better.

Good plan

 

[hemet dennis]

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For some people.