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| This one's great: the cost of deer, in a near-deerless world, would skyrocket, naturally solving the problem. Yeah, like there haven't been ANY animals brought to extinction under Capitalism's self-destructive reign of terror? Ever heard of the dodo, the tasmanian tiger, and the passenger pigeon, to list a few? |
you make the assumption that those species which have become extinct (whether or not due to human influence) are 'valuable'. The cost of a 'deer' would not necessarily skyrocket if they were not considered valuable, and so 'could' become extinct. My guess is that those who desire to hunt such animals do value them (probably more so than 'environmentalists' or animal rights groups) and where therefore work to preserve this 'valuable' to them, resource.
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| Increasing our lifespan is simply unnecessary human egoising. |
Your opinion. Fine. But I think there are plently of historical evidence to point out that most folks do desire to live longer and will continue to pursue this goal, whether or not it is 'egoising' is rather moot.
michael