Sparkling writing. Very funny. Ladies and gentlemen, if you’ll suspend your sense of propriety for a moment, permit me to introduce Ndumiso Ngcobo, who raises matters of grave import for the future of science and the environment.
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I had a debate about “animal rights” with a cow once. I guess you could say I won when the cow ended up being a beautifully grilled sirloin…
But seriously, what have humans -ever- gained through animal research and testing? I guess that whole field is simply scientific sadism, right?
I said it was good writing, not that he is entirely right. He does make a valid point though, in that the extinction narrative is little more than a heartstring-tugging fundraising swindle, with little — if any — basis in fact.
We were supposed to lose tens of thousands (by one estimate) of species a year by 2000. Al Gore was too busy running for president then to defend his 1993 prophesy, and got too busy predicting future surfing conditions afterwards. But I bet he, and all those caring souls with stop orders in favour of the Endangered Wildlife Trust, would be hard pressed to name a dozen extinctions that actually happened. Crabs excluded. Perversely, this happy turn of events doesn’t make Gore et al less credible to the caring souls, but makes them thank heavens they were so generous with their donations to save the cute fluffy creatures from the cruel people who would hunt them for sport or torture them for perverse pleasure.
Gee, and 99.9% of all species that have ever existed on Earth are now gone forever. Let the self-loathing and anguish begin!
True, but that’s because dinosaurs caused a methane buildup that eventually exploded somewhere over Mexico, and Neanderthals cooked with wet wood.