Welllll.......some say the world is ours. Not really. We're part of the world. Since we can't exist without the world, it isn't really ours, we're part of it. Kinda like if the heart decided it could exist without the rest of the body. It isn't really ours to do as we please with. Case in point: Love Canal. Not everything here is for our enjoyment. Case in point: Ticks, chiggers, mosquitos, biting flies, lice.
They serve some purpose, though it's certainly hard to understand what that is when chiggers dig in real good in certain sensitive spots.
I'm not a "hands off" advocate by any means, but we're all downwinders in the end.