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PumpkinManGuy t1_jegjhy8 wrote

Reply to comment by kentgoodwin in Ecuador court upholds ‘rights of nature,’ blocks copper mine proposed for biodiversity hotspot in cloud forest by erikmongabay

I don't know about you, but I'm not allowed to eat my relatives in my country.

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kentgoodwin t1_jegng0o wrote

Well, you are certainly not allowed to eat your human relatives. But the other living things, including the ones you eat, also share a common ancestry with you. They deserve a bit more consideration than we have been in the habit of giving them.

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