In 1972, Canadian science broadcaster David Suzuki told some giggling students, One of the things I’ve gotten off on lately is that basically… we’re all fruit flies. All rights reserved.īISAC: POL044000 POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental PolicyīISAC: NAT011000 NATURE / Environmental Conservation & ProtectionīISAC: POL035010 POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human RightsīISAC: SCI075000 SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspectsĭiscovery Institute Press, 208 Columbia Street, Seattle, WA 98104Ĭhapter 7: Ecocide-A Crime against Humanity? Smith also writes the popular Human Exceptionalism blog at National Review Online.Ĭopyright © 2014 by Wesley J. Smith is a Senior Fellow of Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism and the previous author of books such as A Rat is a Pig is a Dog is a Boy: The Human Cost of the Animal Rights Movement, Consumer’s Guide to a Brave New World, and Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical Ethics in America. Named by National Journal as one of America’s leading experts in the area of bioethics, attorney Wesley J. Smith argues that the ultimate victims of this misanthropic crusade will be the poorest and most vulnerable among us, and he urges us to defend both human dignity and the natural environment before it is too late. Smith exposes efforts by radical activists to reduce the human population by up to 90% and to grant legal rights to animals, plants, and Mother Earth. But in recent years, environmental activists have arisen who regard humans as Public Enemy #1. The environmental movement has helped produce significant improvements in the world around us-from cleaner air to the preservation of natural wonders such as Yellowstone. To Dean and Gerda Koontz, exceptional humans and cherished friends.

The War on Humans by Wesley J. Smith