[Delacon]

“I agree, a starving person will eat the last Bald Eagle or Spotted Owl without a pang of guilt.”

I liked that.

“My point was that some have moved so far beyond that margin that they have the desire to ‘preserve nature at all costs’ even if those costs aew to the detriment of their fellow humans — not themselves, mind you, but only to their social inferiors. They do it only for their enjoyment, hence, the King’s hunting preserve analogy.”

Did you READ my tag line? :)

[Ditto]

I hadn't read it, but it's a good one.

(“The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.” H. L. Mencken)