Group wants humans extinct

[Neo]

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20051116-040458-3167r


SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Make no mistake about it, the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement isn't anti-child, it's more like anti-human.

The VHE is dedicated to phasing out the human race in the interest of the health of the Earth, founder Les Knight told Wednesday's San Francisco Chronicle.

With 16,000 people born per hour and a current global population of 6.5 billion, there are already more than enough people on the planet, Knight said.

A 1994 study concluded a single person born in the 1990s would be responsible during a lifetime for 22 million pounds of liquid waste and 2.2 million pounds each of solid waste and atmospheric waste, the newspaper said. He or she will have a lifetime consumption of 4,000 barrels of oil, 1.5 million pounds of minerals and 62,000 pounds of animal products that will necessitate the slaughter of 2,000 animals.

"Wherever humans live, not much else lives," Knight said. "It isn't that we're evil and want to kill everything -- it's just how we live."

Knight, who had a vasectomy at age 25, emphasizes VHE likes kids and says many of its members are parents as well as children.

[TheGame]

Humans will destroy he earth eventually. :p

[Professor S]

The epitome of self-hating farrrrr leftist wackos. Thats just flat out hilarious. :lol:

[DeathsHand]

Very wacko indeed, but hey at least their heart's in the right place :sneaky:

[GameMaster]

They should spend their time figuring out how to move us over to some other planets. There's no need to go extinct.

[Dylflon]

Mass suicide, guys?

[Neo]

Ironically the people who are interested in saving the planet are the ones that no longer want children. Therefore there will be no one like them in the future who want to save the planet.

[Canyarion]

psychological offspring.... though I don't want to spoil your joke.

[Typhoid]

My favourite part is this:

Knight, who had a vasectomy at age 25, emphasizes VHE likes kids and says many of its members are parents as well as children.


Because if you're alive, technically, you're a child. So in that aspect, everyone is a child.



And so what about Humans destroying the Earth. Seriously, so what.

Survival of the fittest, right? We, humans, are the fittest. Maybe not one on one with a grizzly bear, but we can make guns to kill that bear. In this case, the bear is the Earth. We are fitter than the Earth. The earth has been here for billions upon billions of years, through many colossal events. While I know humans have changed the Earth in the past 200 years more than it has been changed ever over the rest of its history, humans will not become the end of the Earth.

And why? Simple.

We need the Earth to survive. If the Earth dies, we die.

Therefore, I can conclude when the Earth comes close to dying, or getting ruined, we, as the main inhabitants of this twirling elliptical sphere of water and dirt, would find an alternate way of living without causing it so much harm. Because at that point and time, the whole "humans greatly affect the planet" thing should be visable. Considering now, most people dont take it seriously. And why? Because we'll be dead before anything happens.

But why worry anyways? In 5 billion years our sun will envelop the Earth as it becomes a Red Giant before swelling back down to a White Dwarf.

So in the end, all this save the Earth crap seems a little anti-climactic.

[Teuthida]

It's not like humans are gonna be around for much longer. And doubt we'll find another planet before this one is destroyed...2012. ;)