People are More Important Than Dirt

From a comment I posted on a news story:

Mother Earth can kiss my ass. The earth only has value because I can exploit it to make my life easier. Humans are important. The earth is not, and it has no rights. My toilets empty into the earth, and the earth should be grateful to receive and process my waste, because it’s helping a human being live a clean and healthy life. Open wide, Gaia. I got another little snack for you.

I guess I got a little cranky. I am just a tiny bit sick of people claiming the earth is a person. The purpose of the earth is to support humanity. Other than that, it might as well be a ball of dog crap as far as I’m concerned.