Humans have need for domination

Re: “Should seal numbers be reduced,” letter, March 30; “Vaping, pot more harmful than public realizes: MD,” March 27.

Humans have an instinctive need to rule over others, whether it be other humans or other animals. It can reach the level of absurdity. Two issues demonstrate this perfectly.

The first one is the lack of fish stocks for orcas. A letter to the editor suggested reducing the seal population because they feed on the salmon, as do orcas. It was also noted that the seals affect sport fishing.

I’m sure that if seals had a say, they would suggest that humans should be culled for the overfishing that is at the core of this problem. Buffalo, grizzly bears, whales and wolves would want to weigh in, too. Humans are terrible stewards of nature.

We do not have the capacity to put our future ahead of profit. We have a choice and we choose profit.

The second example is pot smoke and vapour from e-cigarettes. Dr. Richard Stanwick is always ready with another regulation, even when the issue is nonsensical. To equate pot smoke and vapour with cigarette smoke is absurd.

They might be annoying to smell, but a health hazard? Where would you have to be to take in enough pot smoke or vapour for it to be a health hazard comparable with cigarette smoke?

Stanwick should provide the studies that support his theory and the studies that don’t support it. Then we would be informed.

He could include studies on the effects of alcohol and car exhaust so we know what real health hazards are. Jeff Magee Victoria