Comment by post_break
8 years ago
Who gives anyone the right to try to wipe out a species? Generally speaking of course. I mean even something as annoying as mosquitoes, ticks, lice, fleas, bed bugs. I just can't fathom the idea of someone coming along, deciding for the whole world, that they need to do something like this, and the whole world can just accept it. As much as I hate mosquitoes, the diseases, etc, I can't make that call for the rest of the world to try to kill them all, or even a large portion of them.
Well, those few hundred thousands dead every effin' year give a lot of right for this. You are writing this on your computer, so you are among the privileged ones of this world and most probably not in any direct threat by malaria. You for sure have access to proper medicine in case you would get infected. The people worst hit by malaria don't have any of this luxury. You don't have to vouch for them, thats OK, I will do that for you, and so will others.
And of course, as many have mentioned here - this is not about wiping out every single species of mosquitoes on the planet. Just those few that transfer malaria, just in places they invaded recently. It is a good move.
The same thing that gives anyone the right to pollute and bring down rain forests and destroy sea life. Might makes right.
State and federal governments around the world allow species to be hunted for public safety and preventing disease transmission.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting_license#Purposes