Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major report finds

Re:Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major r... by dragonwriter on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @06:00PM (#18341648)

> The planet is not just a rock in space. It includes the environment and everything that is there. When we destroy that, we are destroying the planet itself.

I include my hair, but if I shave my head I haven't destroyed myself.

What is really going on is that “We’re killing the planet” is a hyperbolic way to express “We are destroying the things I personally value about the planet” or perhaps “We are making the planet unsuitable for ourselves”; trying to defend it as something else is not only usually wrong on its own terms, but missing the point of what people actually mean when they say it.

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Re:Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major r... by birksherty on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @01:32AM (#18397454)

Another stupid argument. Your hair and environment are two completely different things. It's dishonest to make these kind of comparisons, but because you did I will too. Someone just by pure greed and money removes your eyes, rips away your skin, cuts your nose. Then he says stop complaining that you are destroyed, you are still alive, saying such thing is wrong.

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