Lauren the Ghoti says:

“fuck up”
Building beautiful, purposeful structures to improve the human experience of life? To refer back to my previous examples – do you eradicate spiderwebs everywhere you see them? Because, by your definition, they “fuck up” the “virgin landscape” they’re built in.

You children are apparently incapable of grasping the concept that we evolved on this planet. It is ours. We are not invaders.

“virgin landscape”
Last time I looked, uncountable millions upon millions of square miles – in a fabulous variety of settings – exist for your enjoyment, free of any sign of the existence of those evil humans.

Uninformed as you obviously are, you apparently never noticed that, in the U.S., f’rinstance, 98% + of the land is unoccupied.

“to build the castle of their dreams”
Living in mud huts – or better, caves – is more “noble”, right? Humans shouldn’t utilize human intelligence to improve their quality of life, is that it?

We have not only every bit as much right to this planet as any species – we also have the right, by virtue of our preëminent intelligence and self-awareness, to responsibly, intelligently modify it to our purposes.

We are the dominant species. Being the dominant species bestows upon us the right to be what we already are – the dominant species.

And please spare all of us the red herrings. Wanton misappropriation, abuse and destruction of resources which belong to humanity as a whole does NOT constitute responsible, intelligent modification of the environment, and is NOT to our species’ long-term collective benefit – so please don’t bother trying to insinuate that anyone here (except iGW) condones it.