Of course also well - meaning people can be caught in a system, be instrumentalised and follow the system's logic, but the same can be suspected of the opponents of GMOs, who may be caught in their respective ideological echo chambers, who are subject to peer pressure (
see the reaction to Mark Lynas» change of heart), and also they have
financial incentives to the extent that GMOs represent a rallying point to drum up support (funds, new members, etc.) Therefore perhaps one way forward could be to assume good intentions on both «sides» and look at the data in a
neutral, unbiased way.
The defence was conducted by ICBC, which obviously has much greater
financial strength than the plaintiff, but unless it used that strength improperly in this litigation that is a
neutral factor:
See Vander Maeden v. Condon, 2014 BCSC 677.