Yes, definitely strange, but unfortunately true - and darned difficult to deal with. Reason has fled and there is no way of arguing with these people, who would happily see the entire human race vanish so that the dolphins could run through the tall grass naked...well, something like that. They have a wierdly confused and romantic view of "nature" combined with absolute bitter hatred of their own species.
As the author points out, it all has to do with Adam and that apple.
good article!
The Earth-first crowd should always start with themselves. If they are still breathing when I finish counting to 10, I change their names to “hypocritical moron”. Simple as that.
My question for these people would be: in the absence of mankind, what purpose would Earth, or the plants and animals on it, have?