Killing moths

[James Adams]

Paul,

>Thus we end up with a society where the members
>of bird and butterfly conservation societies feel no shame
>in killing massive numbers of butterflies and birds by
>driving 75 MPH in large, comfortable vehicles to large,
>comfortable homes, and who proudly buy their
>kids a set of binoculars instead of a net in order to instill
>a sense of sensitivity and respect for wildlife and the
>environment.

Reminds me of the time I was at high elevation in Colorado, carefully 
walking across the tundra on as many rocks as bare of lichens as possible, 
trying to collect some data on some Parnassians and had a guy yell at me 
about how fragile the tundra was and that I should be ashamed of myself.  I 
held my tongue, but wish to this day I had said something about the large 
SUV he was driving, and the road he used to get there, and the parking lot 
he had parked in, and the trail he was walking on that many people had 
formed across the tundra by crushing the life underfoot, etc.

James


James K. Adams
jadams at em.daltonstate.edu
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