Dear forest-listers, On Dec 5, 12:00pm, Christian Hoffmann wrote: > > > > Are you trying to suggest that we currently know all there is to know > > about ecosystem dynamics and the functioning of old-growth forests, > > and that all of this information is contained in a "game" called > > FORTOON? I'm sorry, but I don't buy it. Although it would be > > interesting to play around with this game, and it may be educational > > to use in a classroom, my guess is that it barely scratches the > > surface of what we know about ecosystem dynamics and sustainability, > > and in my opinion we have just scratched the surface of what there is > > to know about this subject.... > > .... BobK > > I fully agree. Without educating the public, we will get nowhere. But let us > not preach on them. Everybody has the same right to save or destroy our > planet. That is a sad fact. > Peoples rights are merely abstract limitations assigned by some human societies. So there is no reason to claim they are valid when applied to other life forms who will never have any such "rights". When a human's action causes another life form to suffer, then whether or not it should occur, depends on the other possible alternatives. To say that any human has a right to destroy the planet is to make that human inanimate, a meteor. Chris. -- chris.dean@anu.edu.au, LPO Box 171, ANU, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. ----Native animals need protection from imported domesticated humans.---- Disclaimer: The ideas and data etc expressed above are mine and not necessarily those of anyone else.
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