Boudica said:
But back on topic! Sorry for being snappy in one of those posts earlier. Wildlife and the such is something quite close to my heart and I tend to forget my manners and go into full super saiyan mode lol. But I think our difference of opinion comes from our differing views on harm and the human presence--not something we will be able to debate much as my world view is rooted in my spiritualism.
But I will say my statement in regard to the human impact on Earth was wrong. Better to say we do more harm than good and a lot less good than we could. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
Whether it's worth debating is always dependent on how much of an open mind one has.
Anyway, your last statement is obviously true but it is important for us as a species to remember why. It's important to remember that we
are, in the long term, pretty damn puny and not much special. It's important to remember that we're just another species, that we don't play some sort of custodian role and that in the end, when it comes to the planet and life itself;
Why do I say such a callous thing? Because in the end, the Earth and life on it just
is. It exists and that's that.
It's exactly all that melo-dramatic "Save the earth!" rhetoric that actually harms us. Not everyone takes that message seriously because it is in fact silly. What we should realize is; holy shit, we're actually killing
ourselves in the long run and there's no one but us who actually gives a damn about that. As soon as that enters our collective minds we'll start making big changes to ensure our prosperity.
And if we don't then yeah, our shitty treatment of our environment will come back to bite us in the ass while we drag some other critters with us.
