What cherishing human and biological diversity isn't

It isn't about post-1945 efforts to extend civil rights to healthy and wealthy, well educated, white Anglo Saxon males - but rather about post-1945 efforts to extend civil rights to visible minorities, immigrants, the poor, women, gays and the handicapped.

It isn't about protecting the seed stock of high yielding patented corn hybrids but rather in protecting the dozens of hardy but low yielding traditional native varieties in the public domain.

biodiversity is on the side of the small battalions

Greed and Privilege may be on the side of the Big Battalions, but biodiversity always is on the side of the small battalions...