17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Well, who is a non-native? If it walked across the Bering Sea land bridge a few thousand years ago, does it have a higher moral value than if it hopped a ride on the bilges of a cargo ship in 1957? If you want to isolate the rainforest until mankind has had time to completely inventory all the species and test them to see if they are the next cure for malaria or an exploitable raw material, well, now you have my sympathy. Alan Horowitz alanh@norfolk.infi.net