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I respect other species on the planet Jim doesn't. What if I wanted to destroyed precious works of art because they didn't appeal to me? Would Jim be OK with that? Would I have a right to if their where other options? Their is difference between surviving because it's life and death, and surviving. For example you don't have to drive a SUV to survive. People can learn to live with less. What about this we should be living with less, because we respect other life? Like some art some species are irreplaceable, do I have a right to destroy them because it lowers my standard of living? Isn't it the height of hubris to assume that you know what everybody values, and get to make the decisions? What about animal rights, don't we have a responsibility to do as little harm to them as we can? How would you feel if an advanced alien raced invaded the earth, and said screw humans they get in the way of our survival? When you start acting believing like that in my opinion you are truly morally bankrupt!
