Random topic rant Uh... let's do the environment today. Natural: Here's a fun one. What we, as humans, are doing is unnatural, I'm told. Unnatural being defined, apparently, as "That which humans do." What's wrong with our actions? They're unnatural. What's wrong with that? Uh... uh... Destroying the world: There is mounting evidence that human behavior is changing the world. Somehow, folks seem to assume change equals destruction. Humans are just animals: I wholeheartedly agree. Yet strangely, this is somehow used to criticize how humans are "unnaturally destroying the world." My understanding is that humans are taking action for their own benefit, and their doing so affects their environment. This is just like every other animal. Which, again, begs the question: What's so unnatural about this process? We're all going to die! Well, there's nothing really to argue about this one. Yeah, probably, we're all going to die, environmental degradation or no. Are humans going to go extinct? Maybe, but that's not our problem. That's the "natural" way of the universe. The world changes. Species adapt, or they die. There are too many humans! This is an interesting one to use when spoken in conjunction with "We're all going to die." The population equilibrium curve has no exceptions. If there are too many humans, environmental pressures will push our population down. This is one of those things the world takes care of on its own, there's no need to throw a political fit over it. The world will be unbearable for our children. Since our children make the world unbearable for us, it only seems fair to return the favor. We must respect Mother Nature. Why? Who sends all those floods and hurricanes and earthquakes? After all that abuse, we're supposed to respect her? posted by Beetle Aurora Drake 12/08/2004 08:57:00 PM # Comments (0) . . .
