Eco-wackos want to give plants the right to sue in court. Can the right to vote be far behind?

Remember those ants you burned up with a magnifying glass when you were a kid? Well, their descendants could have you arrested for murder if a group of eco-wackos have their way.

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Remember those ants you burned up with a magnifying glass when you were a kid? Well, their descendants could have you arrested for murder if a group of eco-wackos have their way.

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Who will defend the rights of the flower when it is violated by the bee? Global Exchange, that's who.

Sign On San Diego has the strange story:

In an effort to ban everything from drilling oil to incinerating garbage, about a dozen communities across the country have adopted ordinances that give nature legal standing and water down the rights of businesses.

The long-debated philosophy could face court challenges. But it has gained traction among those who believe the environment needs greater protection, even while critics ridicule the thought of arming bugs with legal rights against foes such as lawn mowers.

Long debated? Debated by whom? Certainly not by anyone rational.

“What if nature had rights?” said Shannon Biggs, with Global Exchange. “What if the Amazon could sue an oil company for environmental damage?”

You’re not thinking big enough, Shannon. Why stop with nature suing man? The logical extension of giving rights to nature is that one part of nature will turn around and sue another. Next thing you know we’ll have flowers suing bees for stealing their pollen. We’ll have trees suing dogs for peeing on them. And eventually the tables will be turned and we’ll end up with a case in which a man sues a dog for humping his leg. The man will claim sexual assault and the dog’s defense will be, “He never said no, he just said ‘down boy.'” The world is spiraling out of control, damn it.

…Proponents, however, say they recognize their burgeoning movement may take some time to get results. Looking past the bug jokes and mocking poems, Price and others see their struggle to give nature legal standing as comparable to another historic effort that was years in the making.

“It took hundreds of challenges,” he said, “before racial segregation was overturned as the law of the land.”

No, Shannon, the plight of plants is even worse than racism. Just last night we ate some broccoli. That’s cannibalism, damn it.

Source: SignOnSanDiego.com

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