(Even if you do kill the bear, that’s still a problem, given declining populations and the the loss of what a bear can contribute both economically and ecologically.)
So the professor thinks that you getting killed by the bear is better than you killing the bear, because of “what a bear can contribute both economically and ecologically”. Call me crazy, but I think a human being is more precious than a bear, except maybe for the professor! I would gladly trade his worthless hide for a bear any day.
You’re right about the bear being more precious than the professor, however I would like to add that I think bears, yes all types, are more precious than Obama, his wife, Joe Biden, Sandra Fluke, Bill Maher, Barney Frank, Mitt Romney, Anthony Wiener, Louis C.K., Cass Sunstein, Kathleen Sebelius, Janet Lesbitano, Ruth Ginsburg...heck I could go on FOREVER!
Gimmie bears!
Bears do business, and pay taxes too!
Well they do their business anyway!