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briand@carnell.com (Brian Carnell) wrote:

>>As for Man being "a part of nature"; we are to nature what a zookeeper
>>is to an endangered species.  Don't confuse *forced* extinctions with
>>something "all species go through."  We have far too much impact on
>>the Earth to be considered incidental to its future and there are 90
>>million more of us annually, magnifying our impact.  

>Please tell me what a "forced" extinction is??  I have yet to see a
>meaningful definition of this term.

Check out:

http://www.nceet.snre.umich.edu/EndSpp/ES.lists.html

- for a good listing of extinct and endangered species (too numerous
to mention here).  Almost all were forced into extinction or near
extinction by overhunting and habitat loss due to human population
growth.  There is little debate (among people who give a damn) that
Man has done serious damage.

The only question is:  why do some people care about these situations
while others write them off as inevitable or justifiable?  If you and
others with similar views would admit that you put Man FAR above all
other species, a real debate would occur.  Please don't pretend that
you are merely debating the mechanisms of extinction.  If you think
Man is so important as to justify the extermination of any species
that gets in the way of our population growth, please say so.

- A.J.

http://www.midtown.net/~alnev/zpg/zpg.htm