In 2002 6.1 million kangaroos and wallabies will be legally exterminated in Queensland: the largest quota EVER. Who knows? Who cares? In this article I ponder these questions and begin to understand why wars and ethnic cleansing are also possible. The year two thousand and one marked a nadir for the world in many ways. [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...Without a doubt, those who seek to dominate others are fucking up the planet for the rest of us. No argument for the ‘greater good’ holds any water when greed and power-driven egoism are motivators. When Ruddock casts off refugees in genuine need in the name of security, when Howard gives out millions in corporate [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...At the moment i am embroiled in an email argument with conservationist Sheila Davis, member of the executive of the QCC and a director of Sustainable Population Australia. You may wonder what relevance this has to the topic at hand, but after my differences with Davis, i began to realise that this topic could just [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...Before I embark on my attempt at explaining what ecofeminism is, I’d like you to forget everything Forge has taught you so far! If I remember correctly, Forge talks about ethical theories in terms of individual rights – who is morally considerable, and who is not, ‘guys like us’ etc. And from this he postulates [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...UN Declaration of Human Rights Article 29 (1) Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of their personality is possible (2) In the exercise of their rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due [...]
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