[Gunslingr3]

Others -- equally passionate -- recoil at such pretension, proclaiming with surety that humans have no right to interfere with Nature

I always ask these folks in person if they'd move out of their house and scratch a living from Nature the 'natural' way. No takers so far. The don't seem to appreciate we're part of Nature, and what we do is as 'natural' as how every other living thing reshapes the world in furtherance of it's life.

[spetznaz]

True. We 'interfere with nature' every moment of our lives. Each and every single moment.

[roadcat]

The don't seem to appreciate we're part of Nature, and what we do is as 'natural' as how every other living thing reshapes the world in furtherance of it's life.

I get into battles over turf on my property, against gophers, ants, raccoons, and other vermin. I reserve the right to terraform my property, and if the libs try to stop me I reserve the right to go to Mars and terraform a slice of turf for my own survival!