The bit he papers over is our role in increasing the rate of extinctions

[james_davis_nicoll]

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[neowolf2.livejournal.com]

Preserving species is important.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/new-delicious-species-discovered,1331/

[(Anonymous)]

I recall an aside in a novel by L. Neil Smith that some one noticed that there was no shortage of chickens...therefore he started selling 'eagleburgers'. Once eagles were commercially valuable, there was no shortage of breeders for this once endangered species....

[agent-mimi.livejournal.com]

This routine is the exact one that made me change my opinion of George Carlin. Comedians "paper over" stuff all the time in the name of humor, but the older I got and the more examples I saw, the more I felt Carlin genuinely believed what he said. And when called to expand on opinions in interviews (radio shows mostly, IIRC) he wasn't particularly well-informed. I didn't hate the guy or anything, I just didn't experience as much whelm with his philosophies as everyone else around me seemed to.