Harry Knaub
ichthos_at_charm.net wrote:
> Yesterday I forwarded to this list a Biblical rationale for preserving
> biodiversity. Earlier today Rob Carillio forwarded to me a news item that
> mentioned an unbelievably stupid rationale for just the opposite.
>
> According to the news items, the U.S. Navy was found guilty of violating
> the Migratory Bird Treaty Act by bombing and shelling a small island in the
> Pacific Ocean and killing protected birds. The Navy knew it was killing the
> birds, but incorrectly thought that federal agencies were exempt. (They’re
> not.)
>
> And now for the unbelievably stupid part.
>
> The Washington Legal Foundation, which supported the Navy in the suit,
> argued that environmentalists should support the Navy bombing because
> it makes bird species more rare, offering birdwatchers additional
> enjoyment when spotting live specimens!
>
> If this logic were extended to, say, whales, then indiscriminant whale
> hunting would be a good thing because it would make actually seeing a
> whale even more enjoyable!
>
> Do your zoo a favor. Kill a cheetah!
>
> Do America a favor. Kill a bald eagle!
>
> Are people in our government Think Tanks actually this stupid? Or do they
> think that *we're* that stupid to actually buy such a ludicrous concept?
>
> Chris Scharpf
> Baltimore
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