[Wampus SC]

"I think I shall make another revision in honor of Rachel Carson -- patron saint of malaria mosquitoes -- whose legacy kills two million people every year, most of them children. These deaths could be prevented except the Church of Ecological Horse Felos won't allow it."

Other prominent saints in the Church of Ecological Horse Felos:

St. Georgie (Felos or Greer - take your pick) Patron saints of drought and famine. The upside - their horses do help fertilize crops.

St. Mikey - patron saint of webs of deception.

St. Jeb - patron saint of wimps.

St. Eric of the Lizards - patron saint of pandemics.

Hey! Wait! -- I propose a new addition to the lexicon. Pianka, past tense pianked. Think of it as genocide cubed. When it's a useless eater here and there - they get bioethicked. When it's a few million in Germany or American Indians or Rwandans - they got genocided. When it's multiple billions - they got pianked.

[T'wit]

>> When it's multiple billions - they got pianked.

Stalin -- a reasonable authority on such matters, surely -- is credited with saying, "One death is a tragedy. One million deaths are a statistic."

We'll need a new measure for Pianka. "One thousand million dead is a PIDDLING TRIFLE. Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! There, six thousand million dead, now that's a fine start."