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Originally Posted by Jeanette X
"God gave us the earth. We have dominion over the plants, the animals, the trees. God said, 'Earth is yours. Take it. Rape it. It's yours.'"---Hannity & Colmes, 6/20/01
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What's so unusual aboot that, eh? Take out God, and it makes perfect sense. The only thing that stops people from doing what they want to the earth in my mind is property rights, whether public or private.
Oh yeah, about biodiversity. Someone posted one example and said that one reason it's good is because if one disease kills a certain breed of animal, others will still be around. What's so great about that? It's not as if we are going to eat tigers or bald eagles if all the cattle die out. Sounds like we would be a lot better off of we just genetically-altered domestic breeds of animals in order to minimize such an effect.
And hey, if all the animals do die out, we'll have to become vegetarian. Isn't that a step toward healthier bodies?
(snicker)