Had an interesting conversation with an extreme radical environmentalist the other day at a restaurant.
She said, and I quote, "wouldn't the world be a much better place if the human race was extinct"?
I asked if she was jesting. Turned out she was completely serious.
She followed up with, and again I quote, "It would be no great loss to me if all the humans in the world died tomorrow".
That is so irrational, even attempting to argue an apposing position is futile at best.
Like the bumper sticker says:
When all the gas is gone burn an environmentalist!
Did you miss the chance to suggest that she be the first to start the movement?
Use her logic....lecture her that she obviously isn't a committed enviromentalist......she should immediately kill herself as an example for others....
To save the environment of course :^)
Tell her since a TRUE environmentalist would realize protection of the environment is accomplished by small, incremental steps,
she can do her part and go first.
Frankly, I am surprised that you're surprised. This is not an uncommon perspective for the far left enviro types, and even more common for animal rights activists.
APf
Did you politely suggest she commit suicide to prove her commitment to the cause?
"It would be no great loss to me if all the humans in the world died tomorrow".
The woman is a liar and a fraud. If she were committed to her insanity she would have committed suicide to rid the earth of one more trash talker. Any environmentalist wacko who is still alive is liar and a fraud.
DDT was used by families in Appalachia as a cure for intestinal worms and other internal parasites. It was taken by the spoonful by children. A manufacturer ate DDT by the spoonful to prove that it is harmless to animals. DDT was banned against legal and scientific opposition because the environmental movement demanded it. This was their proof that they could oppose even the most benign, harmless and important chemical and have it banned.
DDT was not banned because it was harmful. It was banned because it was and is the most important breakthrough in disease control and insect infestation in history with the least harmful effects.Tens of millions of children around the world have died because Rachael Carlson lied.
The raptors she claimed were harmed by DDT were in fact hunted nearly to extinction 25 years earlier and were making a comeback thanks in large measure to the positive effects of DDT. There was never any evidence of any kind that birds were harmed by DDT. Even the judge who heard the case claimed that DDT was never a culprit. Nevertheless the director of the CDC banned it to pander to the environmentalist lobby.
When it really matters what government does our Marxist fellow citizens lie through their teeth.
Better yet--ask her who would harvest the coffee and tea and serve her the Starbucks...
Cheers!
L
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Had an interesting conversation with an extreme radical environmentalist the other day at a restaurant.
She said, and I quote, "wouldn't the world be a much better place if the human race was extinct"?
I asked if she was jesting. Turned out she was completely serious.
She followed up with, and again I quote, "It would be no great loss to me if all the humans in the world died tomorrow".
That is so irrational, even attempting to argue an apposing position is futile at best.'
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I understand just exactly the kind of person you're describing. I think a good retort would have been - "well, show your leadership."
You should have told her:
"Think Globally - Act Locally - Off Yourself"