Steve Brust <skzb at dreamcafe.com> writes: > On Tue, 2004-10-26 at 11:14, Scott Schultz wrote: >> The idea that we're somehow "above" Nature (i.e. the ecosystem and >> everything in it) is laughable. Heck, the idea that we're something special >> is equally laughable. > > I'm not certain how above, below, or to the side fits into this, except > that we ARE at the top of the food chain; a position I rather like. I'd have thought the *top* of the food chain would be the carrion eaters. Or at least the obligate carnivores. -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b at dd-b.net>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>