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The World Would Be A Better Place If Humans Did Not Exist.
If we were not here then global warming would not be happening as fast and as unnaturally as it is now. Also we are killing thousands of animals every day just to make our lives better, we are selfish, and most of the animals we kill were here before us so if they could they would have their say. I know we didn't choose to be here but i still think the world is better off without us.
 Rabid-Fang  22 Jun 2008 15:49
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I 100% agree. If we were not here, the earth would be fine. Us humans only care about been superior to one another not anything else.
 
 Rosie  03 Nov 2008 18:06
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YES. The Earth could have been fantastic without us. The only good things we have done is repair the damage we have already done.
 
 Urjak  26 Jul 2008 07:19
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Humans really don't need to be here.
 
 moreno  25 Jun 2008 16:33
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 Neither do monkeys, fish, bugs, ANYTHING. Why are we the ones that must go?
by  XieXie
 28 Jun 2008 17:33
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Yah, we are a parasite to the earth and we really don't deserve the space and things we have... Well the majority of us that is, there are some eco friendly people out there that have earned their right to live on the earth.
 
 Zman676  22 Jun 2008 15:58
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NOT FOR ME!

P.S. Global warming is a scam.
 
 ur_wrong  29 Sep 2008 02:52
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If humans suddenly disappeared, it would only take a few thousand years before all evidence of us came with us. That's nothing, just a blink in the age of earth. Everything is here for a reason, the carnivores are here so the herbivores don't over populate and eat all vegetation, the herbivores are hear to eat the vegetation so it doesn't rapidly over populate, the bugs are hear to help bring back the dead animals to the earth and become nutrient soil so vegetation can thrive. Why are we hear? To enjoy all that this earth has to offer.
 
 verum  09 Aug 2008 17:52
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Better is a useless word to apply in this context. We do exist and we represent a new experiment for evolution and who can tell what the long term ramifications of intelligence might be. Look at it kind of like when animals first crawled onto land, the first ones where ungainly and ill suited to there new environment but ultimately it worked out pretty well. Now evolution has crossed a new threshold which may eventually allow life to expand to whole new environments in whole new ways.
Besides our impact on the environment seems catastrophic in the short term but the fact is that it will be a miracle if the human race lasts anther 10,000 years let alone another 100,000 years both of which mere blips of time environmentally speaking. The earth will be a fine verdant explosion of life with no memory of an uppity bunch of monkeys that called themselves humans.
 
 finsch  09 Aug 2008 17:05
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If mankind had not lived in harmony with animals and tamed the environment, it is any body's guess what it would be like now. I doubt if we would even be here let alone having this conversation.
What I would like to see is the human population living within the vague boundary, instead of ruining those last remaining wildernesses.
 
 keepmindok  01 Aug 2008 16:10
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Okay.
If humans are bad for the earth,
Why did the lord himself put us on here?!

And what would the earth be without people?

Trees?
Grass?

There wouldn't be life!!!
 
 ash-6694  22 Jul 2008 06:51
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 Guess the lord didn't know what we would do. :)
by  Urjak
 26 Jul 2008 07:20
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I find this quite funny you know. No offense, but who are you to judge? Your only human yourself. How can you decide what is best for humanity. You cannot say this as you don't know what earth would be like without humans so whats to say it wouldn't be a worse place? What we don't know, we cant judge!
 
 faith  28 Jun 2008 11:36
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 Actually there is a very interesting book called 'The World without us' which shows what would likely happen. We can look at places like Pripyat (near Chernobyl) which have been abandoned for 40 years and see what is going on.
by  Quincel
 28 Jun 2008 11:52
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Hey.. The guy that went for FOR, maybe you don't deserve it but we do. So stop with all your WE DON'T DESERVE IT.
 
 nothing  28 Jun 2008 09:31
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I'm having a tough time deciding which box to but this in, but I'm gonna go with the AGAINST box.

I believe that a certain amount of us benefit the planet, but the majority of us do not.

However, I think that if there weren't humans, the world would be bountiful with animals. The natural order would be disturbed.
 
 Seabird111  22 Jun 2008 23:04
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 The world was bountiful with animals before we were here.
by  Rabid-Fang
 02 Jul 2008 16:28
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Oh, god, I hope this debate isn't a precursor to anything. If it is, the police are gonna have to start being on the lookout for mass suicides for
the environment.
 
 the_atom  22 Jun 2008 22:18
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 It is less subtle, but still creepy. Google "Voluntary HUman Extinction"... awkward...
by  XieXie
 27 Jun 2008 14:40
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Better? Better for who? The Earth might have a more diverse and sustainable environment on it, but who does that benefit? In my view the environment has only instrumental value, that is it is only important because it can bring pleasure to humans (who are the only creatures with moral value).

Unless the wellbeing of the environment has intrinsic value, I don't see how this topic can be supported. And since I don't think it has intrinsic value, I don't support it.
 
 Quincel  22 Jun 2008 19:13
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 The world supports all life, so it would be better for all of the other animals. We are not the only life on Earth.
by  Urjak
 26 Jul 2008 07:22
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Not "better"... Just "different".
 
 OzzieMan  22 Jun 2008 18:37
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The world would not exist without humans. We are the ones who make it run on a daily basis. Although it is true that we are doing a lot of things to destroy it, we are also doing a lot of things to preserve it as well. We plant trees, we breed and care for animals, we work hard on ways to improve it so that it is a nice place. Therefore, I do not think the world would even exist today with human beings. God put us here with intelligent brains so that we could watch after and care for his creation. Animals and plants are not smart enough to maintain themselves. This is why man and woman were made.
 
 Ruco  22 Jun 2008 16:49
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 'Animals and plants are not smart enough to maintain themselves' What? so the amazon rainforest has thousands of gameskeepers does it? what a load of tosh.

'we are also doing a lot of things to preserve it'
well they wouldn't need preserving if not for us.

'Gos put us here' - ah this explains a lot about your way of thinking.
by  sensai80
 22 Jun 2008 17:47
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We're humans and we make mistakes.
We weren't paying attention some odd years ago, and even if we were we didn't care. Right now we're trying to help keep the earth safe, trying to "rebuild", or stimulate it to try and save it the best we can. YES, still we're still building Nukes, guns, etc. And I agree with making those, because there's not going to be peace without a battle. We're not bad for Earth, that's what Earth is for. All planets are for life to roam freely and do as they please.
We're not bad for Earth, we're perfect, We're humans and we will continue to make mistakes and Earth MAY continue to be hurt, but that's not for you to say anything on. Earth is here to live and die as we do. Animals are here to feed us and DIE, for us. We die by animals, and animals die by us. It's called a food chain, an ecosystem and our niche is exactly what we're doing. We can bounce back and I hope we do. The Earth wouldn't be any better, or worse without us. Because you don't know what would happen if we weren't here, you don't know what predators would take over an ecosystem, allow others to go extinct, or what other animals might have not survived, or what other kind of crisis that may occur in the future that places Earth in danger, like an Alien attack maybe?? Lol, you never know.

BEZ.
 
 Genkaku  22 Jun 2008 16:21
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 Humans are too self centerd, there is other life, and we lose one species, gain thousands that we have driven to extinction.
by  Urjak
 26 Jul 2008 07:24
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