Green With Self-Loathing

There almost seems to be a natural progression among environmentalists. As they become more extreme, they go from a healthy love of Mother Earth to a hatred; first of large corporations, then Republicans, then "progress" in general and finally of all mankind.

This article profiles Les Knight, founder of the "Voluntary Human Extinction Movement", who is clearly on one extreme of the spectrum:

"We can't be breeding right now. It's obvious that the intentional creation of another [human being] by anyone anywhere can't be justified today..."

"Other than a few examples of tribal societies, we never have lived sustainably. We're so dangerously clever that we can become very civilized and industrialized and separate ourselves from nature. Most of the people who do live close to nature are just a hand ax and a shotgun away from starting on the slippery slope that leads to driving around and talking on cell phones."

The movement's website thoroughly describes their rationale, as well as the plague that we humans have brought upon this planet:

"When every human chooses to stop breeding, Earth's biosphere will be allowed to return to its former glory, and all remaining creatures will be free to live, die, evolve (if they believe in evolution), and will perhaps pass away, as so many of Mother Nature's "experiments" have done throughout the eons. Good health will be restored to the Earth's ecology... to the 'life form' known by many as Gaia."

One wonders, if they all weren't vegans, whether or not they would be promoting cannibalism.
Personally, I'm quite happy with my choice to help bring three wonderful children into this world. I've taken my risks, snail darters be damned.