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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: Michael M who wrote (51764)8/18/1999 9:54:00 PM
From: nihil  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
Nature both creates and destroys species. No species is either good or bad except from the point of view of mankind's selfish interest. No species has a purpose or a reason for existence. If mankind cares to keep a few pets from a vanished species (like smallpox) and will pay the bill, that's okay. But most species (like hummingbirds and butterflies) have at most an aesthetic value rather than a moral value to mankind. Would you preserve a biting fly or the last Vermeer with your wealth? One might as well argue that mankind should go to vast expense to save a vanishing culture or a unique human being.
Any species or individual so maladaptive that it cannot survive by its own efforts or so attractive that it gains an advocate will probably not be missed. I like wolves, and tigers, and whales and will spend a bit to look at them. I don't give a damn for rats and flies and mosquitoes.
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