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Title: Human Rights for Mother Nature
Post by: Ben on April 26, 2011, 11:34:49 AM
It will be interesting to follow the money here. Also I look forward to suing Mother Nature the next time an earthquake hits.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/04/25/obama-adviser-van-jones-helping-push-rights-mother-nature/
Title: Re: Human Rights for Mother Nature
Post by: AZRedhawk44 on April 26, 2011, 11:35:28 AM
"Human" rights for non-humans is just a way of showing how dumb humans are becoming. :facepalm:
Title: Re: Human Rights for Mother Nature
Post by: TechMan on April 26, 2011, 11:44:51 AM
"Human" rights for non-humans is just a way of showing how dumb humans are becoming. :facepalm:

Here Here.
Title: Re: Human Rights for Mother Nature
Post by: Fly320s on April 26, 2011, 12:09:09 PM
The Ganja is strong with this one.
Title: Re: Human Rights for Mother Nature
Post by: zxcvbob on April 26, 2011, 12:17:24 PM
You think that's stupid, check this out:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0LvKg5aCG0

(I've been waiting for days, looking for a good thread to hijack  >:D )
Title: Re: Human Rights for Mother Nature
Post by: MechAg94 on April 26, 2011, 03:04:34 PM
I think this is only loosely tied to green stuff.  They just want to be able to sue on behalf of animals and such.  I'm sure these guys expect to profit from the exercise significantly (similar to CO2 cap and trade stuff). 

Depending on how far something like this went, it could open up thousands or millions of potential lawsuits which will accomplish nothing by stopping any sort of progress.  Then the same liberals who like this idea will bitch about lost tax revenue, high housing prices, and all sorts of other consequences their own crazy ideas created in the first place. 
Title: Re: Human Rights for Mother Nature
Post by: Tallpine on April 26, 2011, 03:39:49 PM
This must be what going insane feels like...
Title: Re: Human Rights for Mother Nature
Post by: HankB on April 26, 2011, 04:57:36 PM
Three possibilities . . .

1. Proponents have figured out an angle to use the courts to line their own pockets,

2. Some nations plan to use "international" courts to transfer money from the US to their own treasuries. (With select people collecting a fee in the process - see #1, above.)

3. Insanity. And I mean this in a clinical, strait-jacket-and-padded-room sense.
Title: Re: Human Rights for Mother Nature
Post by: longeyes on April 27, 2011, 10:04:50 AM
No matter how many rights Nature gets you can bet the same ass***** will show up defending her in court (and very profitably).
Title: Re: Human Rights for Mother Nature
Post by: Tallpine on April 27, 2011, 11:04:13 AM
I think Mother Nature is standing up for herself quite well these days - earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes ... we are about due for a good old fashioned plague.
Title: Re: Human Rights for Mother Nature
Post by: MechAg94 on April 27, 2011, 02:28:32 PM
No matter how many rights Nature gets you can bet the same ass***** will show up defending her in court (and very profitably).
Not only that, but they will get themselves inserted in other cases as representing "nature's interests" similar to child custody hearings.
Title: Re: Human Rights for Mother Nature
Post by: Waitone on April 27, 2011, 05:10:04 PM
It is all about control.  At some point rational citizens will have to take on Big Environment. 
Title: Re: Human Rights for Mother Nature
Post by: longeyes on April 27, 2011, 06:53:16 PM
Interesting how unnatural men and women wrap themselves in Nature.
Title: Re: Human Rights for Mother Nature
Post by: Perd Hapley on April 27, 2011, 07:13:54 PM
I think Mother Nature is standing up for herself quite well these days - earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes ... we are about due for a good old fashioned plague.

The major tornadoes we had last Friday are being called the Good Friday storm. I prefer to think of it as the Earth Day storm. Thanks a lot, Mom. I guess we'd better save you so you can keep breaking our stuff and trying to kill us.