Radical Environmentalism: Scientist Calls Humans “Cancer”

Radical Environmentalism:Scientist Calls Humans “Cancer” on the Earth » Secondhand Smoke | A First Things Blog: It's one thing when an Earth Liberation Front anarchist spouts the old misanthropy. But when educated scientists do it, things are heading for a very unpretty pass. From the blog Killing Mother:

Humans are exceptional in one respect – in their ability to sequester all the resources for themselves. In nature, when a virus or bacterial infection spreads unchecked, it is called a disease. When an organism multiplies without restraint, it is referred to as a biological nuisance. When cells grow out of control, it is cancer. Within nature, people are a cancer upon the planet.