Eco-Thuggery in Britain

(Derbyshire, UK) Intimidating phone calls put fear in the mind of a farmer who was cooperating with a trial of a genetically-modified (GM) potato crop. He withdrew his participation.

The GM potato crop being tested was designed to resist blight, the fungus that ruined Ireland's potato crop in the 1840s famine. The German plant science company BASF is pursuing another location for the GM trial. Meanwhile, scientists are concerned about the apparent return to the tactics used by protesters during the GM debacle of the 1990s.

The ecological warriors must have found something more devastating about GM potatoes than famine-causing blight. Or, maybe they're just idiots displaying cult behavior. You make the call.