[S0122017]

Aren't coral reefs all over the planet "endangered"? How long before the people who scream about the rape of nature become aware of this possible cure/alleviate, and start screaming when and if coral reefs are harvested? Many might die due to court orders, injunctions, protests and assorted eco-terrorism. I've become more and more convinced over the years that the problem with Tree Huggers is not that they love nature so much; it's that they hate humanity that much more.

There is no need to put quotations around endangered. Many reefs are endangered, and look like a warzone compared to how they used to look like. Ofcourse not EVERY type of coral is endangered, and there are gradations of endangered aswell. Similar how some say the economy is sort of endangered in America, but is near death somewhere else. In any case, in order to harvest compounds from corals you will need to protect them and find a way to culture them, so it is unlikely to attract the wrath of environmentalists.

[Wombat101]

The use of quotes was to convey my opinion that the word endangered is used far too often, and is often used as a convenient excuse to halt progress by the Greenie Meanines (just label something endangered and you get your court order).