Re: Last Japanese Crested Ibis Dies

"rick etter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "jriegle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > "usual suspect" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > jriegle wrote:
> > > > It is a tragedy when a species is lost due to the actions of man.
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> > > What about species which disappear without man's actions?
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> > Sad, but that is nature. This bird is extinct from the wild because of
the
> > actions of man.
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> Which you do nothing to slow or eliminate.  In fact, your western consumer
> oriented lifestyle, demanding more and more
> resources to be used does more harm than many 100s or 1000s of the poor
> teeming masses you rant about so frivolously
> on usenet.

Stop making assumptions. Lots of items I have were easily repaired things
destine for the junk pile including my computer and its monitor. My 30
gallon trash bin is full only once every two or three weeks. I don't own a
SUV and I drive less than the average American. I use energy saving lighting
and I never waste food.

I never said I agreed with what people around me are doing. Developed
nations tend to be high resource users.

Once again you insinuate that I'm biased towards certain races, wealth,
etc... of humans. I thought I cleared this up in the last post. Rehashing
this point and raising "my western lifestyle" angle is a sure sign that you
can't deal with the topic at hand.

I won't even respond to "usual suspect" who resorts to name calling. His
agenda is all too clear.

John

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> >
> > > > The human world population should have never been allowed to
> > > > exceed 1 billion. Now it surpasses 6 billion.
> > >
> > > Ahh, written like a truly benighted follower of Reverend Malthus.
> > >
> > Reverend who? Many species have been lost or are endangered due to man's
> > expansion. Habitat loss, pollution, sport hunting, etc. are the reasons.
> > Even man's action of introducing a foreign species into another
ecosystem
> > has decimated the indigenous population. The human population explosion
in
> > the last century was enormous and continues. Nearly every aspect of the
> > ecosystem has come under influence by man.
> >
> > Also, I not saying that certain race, religion or wealth of population
> > should be eliminated. I'm saying that it is unfortunate that our numbers
> are
> > what they are now.
> >
> > Ahhh who cares anyway right? In several billions of years the sun will
go
> > supernova and vaporize the inner most planets anyway. Go on
plundering...
> > John
> >
> >
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