I think this discussion is more than anything else about our unique situation here on Earth.
It is a deep philosophical one. We love our families, kiss our kids, hug our parents. And then we turn around and do dreadful things at work to appease our corporate masters, or continuously consume, consume, consume.
How we respond to, and the consequences for everything else that shares this planet with us is tied up with this. We can just hand over our 13 pieces of silver to get our hands on whatever, or we hold back just a moment and pause to think about the consequences first. I am not for one moment advocating turning back the clock to stone age man. But rather appealling to the higher sense of thinking that we have evolved to and continue to evolve through.
Human emotions, gratification and consideration are often awkward bed fellows. Harder still is when we need to put everyone's and everything else into the same bed.
Consideration and civility. Please.
Alex.