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** '''2013-05-13''' [http://www.beyondpesticides.org/documents/BowmanvMonsantoSupremeCourtOpinion5.13.13.pdf the decision]
 
** '''2013-05-13''' [http://www.beyondpesticides.org/documents/BowmanvMonsantoSupremeCourtOpinion5.13.13.pdf the decision]
 
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* '''2012-04-27''' [http://www.pacc-news.com/5-2-12/heart_ingram5_2_12.html Ingram Gets His Day In Court - Three Weeks Late]
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* '''2013-05-15''' [http://ecowatch.com/2013/supreme-court-sides-with-monsanto-rules-against-farmers/ U.S. Supreme Court Sides with Monsanto, Rules Against Farmers]: [[Bowman v. Monsanto]]
 
* '''2013-05-15''' [http://ecowatch.com/2013/supreme-court-sides-with-monsanto-rules-against-farmers/ U.S. Supreme Court Sides with Monsanto, Rules Against Farmers]: [[Bowman v. Monsanto]]
 
* '''2013-05-25''' [http://www.fancybeans.com/blog/2013/05/25/how-to-really-march-against-monsanto/ How to Really March Against Monsanto]
 
* '''2013-05-25''' [http://www.fancybeans.com/blog/2013/05/25/how-to-really-march-against-monsanto/ How to Really March Against Monsanto]
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*** Just because there's a market for something doesn't ethically justify producing it -- and if you want to stop the production, it's easier to attack the producer than to change the market.
 
*** Just because there's a market for something doesn't ethically justify producing it -- and if you want to stop the production, it's easier to attack the producer than to change the market.
 
*** The article's explanation of the impossibility of boycotting Monsanto is basically a set of straw-men; nobody is suggesting that a boycott of Monsanto would be effective. Instead, they hope to (a) put market pressure on the intermediaries who have the choice to buy Monsanto products or not, and (b) put pressure on legislators to change the laws so that Monsanto's problematic practices aren't so profitable.
 
*** The article's explanation of the impossibility of boycotting Monsanto is basically a set of straw-men; nobody is suggesting that a boycott of Monsanto would be effective. Instead, they hope to (a) put market pressure on the intermediaries who have the choice to buy Monsanto products or not, and (b) put pressure on legislators to change the laws so that Monsanto's problematic practices aren't so profitable.
*** ...at least, that's how I understand it.?
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*** ...at least, that's how I understand it.

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