Posted on 09/24/2008 12:00:50 PM PDT by Kimmers
The South American republic of Ecuador will next week consider what many countries in the world would say is unthinkable. People will be asked to vote on Sunday on a new constitution that would give Ecuador’s tropical forests, islands, rivers and air similar legal rights to those normally granted to humans. If they vote yes - and polls show that 56% are for and only 23% are against - then an already approved bill of rights for nature will be introduced, and new laws will change the legal status of nature from being simply property to being a right-bearing entity.
The proposed bill states: “Natural communities and ecosystems possess the unalienable right to exist, flourish and evolve within Ecuador. Those rights shall be self-executing, and it shall be the duty and right of all Ecuadorian governments, communities, and individuals to enforce those rights.”
Thomas Linzey, a US lawyer who has helped to develop the new legal framework for nature, says: “The dominant form of environmental protection in industrialised countries is based on the regulatory system. Governments permit and legalise the discharge of certain amounts of toxics into the environment. As a form of environmental protection, it’s not working.
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
We’re embarking on the new Dark Ages.
I guess if you’re a druid, this is good news!
“Thomas Linzey, a US lawyer who has helped to develop the new legal framework for nature...”
WOO-HOO! A whole new universe of billable clients just opened up! Attorneys are circling the skies over Ecuador. Full employment for ambulance chasers!
So the government will have to prosecute for MURDER ONE, anyone who kills a fish, animal or plant in that country.
Meanwhile in Spain they gave monkeys rights some months ago.
Stop the world and let me off.....
then an already approved bill of rights for nature will be introduced, and new laws will change the legal status of nature from being simply property to being a right-bearing entity0
Obviously you can not cure stupid......
Rush mentioned this on his progam today.
It blew my mind.
If the commies get into power in our government, expect the same thing.
Lock and load.
South American republic of Ecuador will vote to place humans on the same level as worms, cockroaches, rats and slugs.
Sierra Club Nazis approve.
nothing to add except to say,
THAT IS SOME F****D UP S**T.
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