[funsec] population controls and the Paul Holdren controversy

[Ron]

On 07/22/2009 07:42 PM, der Mouse wrote:
> If a hypothetical outside observer were looking at our planet, trying
> to pick a species whose elimination would most benefit the planet and
> (the rest of) its inhabitants, I'd have trouble seeing how to justify
> any choice other than Homo sapiens sapiens.  At least I certainly hope
> such an outside observer is hypotheical; I_am_  human myself. :-/

Won't THEY be surprised when our nuclear plants explode, and our 
chemical storage units start venting waste.

Eliminating humans = destroying the planet. We've made ourselves 
unreplaceable, like the guy who wrote thousands of lines of cryptic, 
uncommented code that a company runs on. It isn't a good thing, but good 
luck getting rid of us! :)

Ron