Death by Environmentalism

http://www.objectivistcenter.org/showcontent.aspx?ct=835&printer=True ^ | Robert James Bidinotto

[ventanax5]

What does it mean in practice to hold a philosophy that declares that pristine nature has intrinsic value in itself, and that regards Man and his activities as intrusive threats to the so-called ecological balance?

I have discussed the history, meaning, and basic premises of environmentalism previously, in my monograph The Green Machine and in my recorded talk "Green Cathedrals," both available from The Objectivist Center. I also explore these issues on my ecoNOT.com Web site.

But here I want to focus on the consequences of accepting core environmentalist premises—specifically, their deadly impact on human life.

In the same way that so many intellectuals once turned a blind eye to the massacres perpetrated by communists, most intellectuals now evade the three decades of mass destruction and misery perpetrated by environmentalists. Sharing the movement's underlying philosophic precepts and focusing their gaze upon its proclaimed goals, they remain blissfully ignorant of its wretched consequences, or—when brought to their attention— excuse them as unfortunate "excesses" wrought by a few overly zealous "idealists," whose hearts are nonetheless in the right place.

It is this self-imposed blindness that we must penetrate, by casting a spotlight on the human costs of this misanthropic movement.

[Avoiding_Sulla]

Posted some time ago here, although without the excerpt: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1122348/posts

Given Ann Coulter's piece from yesterday, http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1792973/posts ,
I can see why you'd like to post it again.

You might want to check out these two essays as well:

http://www.pascalfervor.com/Commentary/Jeremiah.html

and
http://www.pascalfervor.com/Essays/Sacrifice.html

which deal with the postmodernists and their "heroes."

[Edgerunner]

Whew! this tells it truely!

[R.W.Ratikal]

In a hundred billion eons,
Or tomorrow for all we know,
Who will save the spotted Owl
When Sol begins its dying sun glow?

When oceans begin to boil away
What will tree-huggers do?
When all is Gone with the Astral Wind
The Old Growth as well as the New?

Who will care what happens to
The Whales or Snails who dart
When our Sun swells and turns White Hot
And blows itself, and us, apart.

So much for the Ecko-Freak's cause
When all around we see
The dust of everything that was,
But now is just a memory

So use and enjoy our worldly gifts
For Earth's final fate
Is to be mere cinder bits
Floating around in frozen space.

[The Great RJ]

My daughter works in a market that sell "organic" products and ocassionally brings some home. Imagine paying over $2 for a box of macaroni and cheese that tastes terrible when you can get the good tasting national brand for 69 cents. Just because it's organic doesn't mean its healthier or even tastes good.