Prophecy fulfilled.
Meanwhile, should I confess that Monsanto is paying me an enormous salary to sit on small email lists and ask reasonable questions in a calm tone of voice? That indeed would be a subtle and far-reaching conspiracy, worthy of some really out-of-the-box paranoia. The real point, surely-- what would certainly please any individual or corporation interested in creating an atmosphere that makes it easy to dispense with any inconvenient facts-- would be to completely remove society's ability to have civil discourse, since when people are prone to level bizarre accusations at the drop of a keyboard, it produces a complete anesthesia to the difference between truth, reasonable supposition, and flying saucers. What is challenging in such circumstances is for those in the trenches is to maintain their hold on reason and gentle humor.
Sigh. As Rodney King said while sporting his bruises, Can't we all just get along?
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