Well...Ain't That Some Fuckery: Monsanto and It's Ridiculous IP

Most people that know me, know that I had a short stint working for Monsanto at their world headquarters in St Louis, no less. I've always defended Monsanto for making drought and pesticide resistant crops as well as developing things like Vit A enriched Golden Rice. I do believe that they play a HUGE role in ridding world hunger. These are complex issues that will be reserved for another day.

What I have been hating them for, and consistently hate them for, is there intellectual property (IP) defense. They go after small time farmers that can't afford any other seeds at large volume and bleed them dry, just because the farmers did what farmers should do. Plant crops.

The Weird Thing About Mother's Day

As much as I believe that every mom deserves something special today, and that there is special meaning in honoring moms today, it bugs me that people would criticize Valentine's Day or Christmas as corporate built holidays, while Mother's day is COMPLETELY ok.

Think about it...isn't it the EXACT same thing?

Shouldn't we treat our moms great everyday? Same criticism as "shouldn't we love our significant others every day?" or "Shouldn't we keep Christ in our lives every day?"


And don't we just buy extra stuff, like flowers and chocolate, today, just like Valentine's Day? And yet, somehow 80% of people on Facebook post something snarky about how Valentine's Day is made by "the man" and is meant to fulfill our needs for consumerism.

I'm not asking people to bash Mother's Day...I'm more asking people to shut the fuck up about other holidays.

Isn't it good enough that there are some days out of the year where we can celebrate something other than ourselves? Christmas at least drives our attention to our families, our communities, and something greater than ourselves, regardless if it has turned into an all you can buy extravaganza.

I think that if there's a day in which we bond more with our families or communities or recognizes that there is something more than ourselves, then do it!

Or just claim everything is a corporate lie and gimmick to make us buy things and actually live up to this "holier than thou" standard of living every single day by your standards. Too bad that's hard...and complaining on Facebook and somehow looking "enlightened" is easy.