France's petition to prohibit spherical fish tanks
So this is a petition that started here in France to prohibit small spherical fish tanks. Gold fish are not small by nature, but they stop from growing if they are enclosed in small volumes of water.
Short story long, while I do agree with the petition in a general sense that they should ban small fish tanks for goldfish or other naturally medium sized fish, there's a paragraph in the explanation of the petition that kinda gets on my nerves. It roughly translates to this:
I signed the petition, but I wrote a comment and mail to the petitioner with the following:
(Yes, I have strong feelings regarding nature's nature.)
What do you think? No, not about the petition, but about the conception of nature? Do you agree with them? For me nothing can be unnatural, since I see nature as an universal thing, that encompasses all through natural law (physics, chemistry, biology, geology, astronomy, etc.).
So this is a petition that started here in France to prohibit small spherical fish tanks. Gold fish are not small by nature, but they stop from growing if they are enclosed in small volumes of water.
Short story long, while I do agree with the petition in a general sense that they should ban small fish tanks for goldfish or other naturally medium sized fish, there's a paragraph in the explanation of the petition that kinda gets on my nerves. It roughly translates to this:
Let's not forget that every living being has its place and role in our planet, not respecting a plant or animal species is the same as not respecting the nature that created us.
We are also part of nature, and our actions are in alignment with natural law. This moralist unfounded crap should already have been eradicated long ago. Nature's creations cannot be disrespected through destruction or harm since nature itself devises creations to destruct and harm other creations. I conclude that because of this fact there is no moral foundation that would allow one to say that the human race does not respect nature through its actions in any way.
What do you think? No, not about the petition, but about the conception of nature? Do you agree with them? For me nothing can be unnatural, since I see nature as an universal thing, that encompasses all through natural law (physics, chemistry, biology, geology, astronomy, etc.).
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