>>27152817I do not mean to simply imply that pity should be suppressed altogether as an emotion or an instinct. It simply means that it should be controlled, utilized, and taught in a manner far different from the manner in which Christianity has hitherto preached it it. It should not be indiscriminate and uncontrolled. It should not be turned chiefly towards aesthetic, physical and organic garbage. Lastly, it should not be self-indulgent. In a nutshell, the quality of pity should be measured according to the value to humanity, life, and posterity of the creature pitied.
No honest and dedicated nature preserver would bother to care a single knock of the "rights" of invasive species, or whether they can help being invasive species. The same plight may go out to the farmer or gardener with bugs, weeds, and other pests which stop the growth of the plants that they are dependent or ennobled to. They pity the nobler plants in its struggle against the ignoble, and refuses to sacrifice the parasites, the impractical, and the unsightly plants to the latter plants.
