I agree with you, and try as I might I can't help feel that it won't be a good thing for an "American" form of Bonsai to be popularized in the world. America a

I agree with you, and try as I might I can't help feel that it won't be a good thing for an "American" form of Bonsai to be popularized in the world. America already has a huge PR problem when it comes to martial sensibilities dealing with torture. Embody that in an appropriated culture artifact? I can't see that being an easy sell - at least not outside the American market. Maybe thats a good thing.