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Originally Posted by Sean Freeman  Thankfully there are enough people who do recognise the importance of what went before, of seeing ourselves as part of a historical process (good and bad) not with a simple objective or destination...(no teleology here!) but the journey does have lessons for us, I think some we should pay attention too..but thats just me. |
You are far from alone on this.
American Forests: National Register of Big Trees
"dead or darn close to it, generally irreversible."
Eric, you substitute one vague and subjective phrase for another, not close to a definition, sounds more like just frei's opinion of when impatience rules.
"nothing can be done to stop it dieing like cancer"
funarty, I was diagnosed with blood cancer--leukemia-- 6 years ago. I'm glad I found an oncologist who thought something could be done. Something can always be done.
But is it always worthwhile? Of course not. I look at the expense of that cage around the Anne Frank tree, and think of that money spent on tree care and planting.