Comment by vintermann

People who are anti-whaling generally think whaling is morally wrong, that no one should be doing whaling, ever.

People who are environmentalists don't think having an impact on the environment is morally wrong. We have to have some impact on the environment in order to live, and nature can take quite a lot of impact, just not all of it from all of us.

All environmentalists believe there's an acceptable human footprint. How big, varies.

A wealthy environmentalist merely believes they're entitled to a bigger share of the acceptable total human footprint because they can pay for it - and my point, the logic of that is not at all controversial in our society.