Have YOU have watched a SH video? they are giving their feminized hermie prone genetics to local tribes to grow which WILL (and does) water down the natural landrace varieties. and that is indisputable fact.
all the cups that GHSC won during the 90s was thanks to Shanti, the GHSC breeder at the time. i could be wrong but i believe Neville was working with them during this time too. after Shanti and Arjan split up, Shanti and Neville started breeding for their new company, Mr Nice Seeds. Arjan is not a breeder, period. hes a marketing propagandist that spreads blatant bullshit inth the cannacommunity. if you doubt that at all, go watch 5 different videos of Arjan (no not those lame strain hunter vids, go look up interviews where he talks about "his" plants) and i assure you that you will catch him lying to you.
People also hate on Arjan because he claims to have created strains that were actually created by Shanti, ie: the original White Widow (now called Black Widow due to all the fakers and scammers selling knockoff versions of White Widow).
as far as bribery and conspiracies surrounding the cannabis cup, heres a fun fact for you. Arjan was actually caught bribing judges and not allowed to participate that year. so again, your post shows you have never bothered to gather any info on these garbage theories of yours.
so to sum up "why all the hate" it's because hes a scamming, lying, bribing, piece of shit that takes credit for other peoples hard work. if you had bothered to research the topic at all, you'd already know this.
do just a lil bit of research before you start defending the shadiest company in the business. but hey no worries, you can go get yourself a Arjan bobblehead if you still want to support them, because one thing Arjan does do well is pump out merchandise like bobbleheads and ashtrays. the guy should just start a wal-mart and leave the cannabusiness to actual breeders that know what they are doing.
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So what if he gives them some seeds. It's not as if they are going to stop growing the thousands of acres of the indigenous strains. Maybe he thought they could grow some of his and help them with their yields so then can make a few more bucks. Ever thought of that? Probably not. So your FACT is in dispute.
As far as the childish arguments over who bred what when; really? Who cares about any of that BS now. If two guys were in business together then both people own the product. That's business. Also were you there and do you know who said and did what about a particular strain? Do you know if Arjan made any suggestions about breeding some of those strains? Knowing him as well as you appear to then you know he is a pretty opinionated guy with a strong personality. Right? So don't you think he probably had quite a bit of input about what was going on in his own company?
If you want to get into a he said, he said debate then you get nowhere because if you weren't there yourself then you don't know and no else knows but the parties that were there. If you are going with one guys' side of the story then you are a fool because you're basing your judgment on half the story. That would be like going to a trial and the judge lets only the defense side of the story be heard and then bases his judgment on that alone. If he did that you'd say he used used poor judgement wouldn't you? Of course you would.
So Arjan was caught trying to give somebody a few bucks to check out his products and remember them come judging time. I'm sure he's the first guy and only guy ever to do that. Right? In the pot business no less. Are you fucking kidding me? If you think he is the only guy in the pot business who has tried and succeeded in giving others a little (incentive) to put out a good word for their products, you're extremely naive. And what was that 15 years ago? Get over it. GHSC has put out a lot of great product since then and have been recognized for it.
So since I had done my research well before I happened upon your dearth of knowledge I was well aware of what I was talking about. I just happened to use good judgement to come to my conclusions, whereas you used here-say, poor judgment, immaturity, rumor and naivete. Just because Arjan doesn't get into an open online back and forth argument over who did what and who said what way back when, with an old business partner, is obviously because he figured he had better things to do running his successful business. It's not that he doesn't have his side of the story he simply chose to move on and leave the past in the past. Since GHSC is the most successful seed co. in the world I don't think there is any need for them to start a walmart. He clearly knows what he is doing in his extremely successful mj seed business.
As far as naming GHSC the shadiest company in the business that's based on what? Some of your old, faded, worn out stories? You know about all the business practices of all the other seed companies and you know exactly how they behave? You need to get out there and start some businesses like I have. You'd know then that you'll have to make a lot of deals, give people special " discounts and breaks", do a lot of wheeling and dealing, do a lot of wining and dining and special favors to just keep your business afloat. Has Arjan done some things that are probably not completely above board? Sure but I guarantee you so has a whole lot of other people you just don't know about it. Life is not as black and white and as simple as you want it to be. Well guess what, that's life. If you had to keep people employed so they could feed their families and keep your business above water, you would have known these things. Next time you get all high and mighty and want to bring a guy down, use you fuckin' head and think a little bit first.
