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Re:Warmest March in Global Recordkeeping by _ph_ on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @04:44PM (#11530236)
Well, yes, life on this planet will continue after us, but we should have a strong interest in not making things for us unbearable. Fighting global warming is not about "saving the planet" but about "saving ourselves".
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Re:Warmest March in Global Recordkeeping by VikingCoder on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @05:23PM (#11530560)
I once discovered that the person I was talking to hated environmentalists, because in their thinking they wanted to protect the ENVIRONMENT, and not humans.

I tried to explain, "I can't speak for all environmentalists, but I want to protect the environment so that it's habitable and enjoyable FOR HUMANS."

I apparently blew his mind - he'd never considered that as a reason to be an environmentalist.

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