Warp wrote:

>   It's sad, really.

If man is merely a product of nature, then his predation of other 
species is perfectly natural.  I am quite sure that many of the species 
to go extinct before the time of man were doing quite well, until 
another species came along and bumped them off.

The history of the planet indicates that none of its natives have any 
right to any particular conditions prevailing for any period of time. 
Adapt to the change or make way for something that can.

As others have pointed out, there have been many mass die-offs during 
the time of the earth's existence, from many causes.  This time around, 
man happens to be one of those causes.  That is no more wrong than for a 
shift in the earth's tilt, a sudden Ice Age, or the end of the same, to 
cause a massive die-off as well.

And in fact, if no species ever went extinct, there would be no place 
for any other species to arise.  We owe our own existence to the fact 
that our niche was vacant when we came along.

Regards,
John

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