Actually the GMOs on the market so far aren't sterile

Never said they were. But, as a crop, the F2 generation is effectively worthless. Now, out-crossing is definitely a concern, but you have to look at what genes confer selective pressure outside of a farming environment.

A gene to break down glyphosate? Not very useful where glyphosate is not present. Now, Roundup-resistant weeds have been found on corn fields, but, to the best of my knowledge, no cases have been documented of it spreading far from the farmer's field.

A gene to produce Bt pesticides and protect oneself against insects? Very much a concern and one of many legitimate arguments against Bt crops.

A gene to produce yet another metabolite, a gene already present in plenty of other crops, that has not been found to function as an antibiotic, pesticide, herbicide, etc? Gonna air on the side of: "it's probably okay" on this one.

I don't think that most GMO activists are aware of the issues with industrial agriculture.

I pitty the person who calls themselves an activist before getting to know the field they're fighting for. Michael Pollen's The Omnivore Dilemma discusses that and many other aspects of modern farming that anyone interested in agriculture should familiarize themselves with (Roundup Ready corn is also discussed, but from a grower's perspective which is neat to see).

The business practices of bio-tech giants including their lobbying against labelling is what has created the anti-GMOs momentum.

The anti-GMO movement was the reason California's Prop 37[1] was brought to the table in the first place...

Thanks for bringing to my attention that "no royalties need to be paid" for Golden rice seed by the farmers who do "not make more than $10,000 per year".

Unsure if this is a stab at me, but $10k is a damn lot in countries where the poverty line is 3-4 orders of magnitude less.

Now watch what you call "bullshit" here.

You won't see me defending Monsanto's marketing practices, but the exact same practice you see done there with GMO seeds could just as easily have been pulled with some other F1 hybrid. Pardon me for driving golden rice so far home, but it's the only example of a GMO that doesn't trigger the Monsanto hate train.

[1] http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/California_Proposition...