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... But we are talking about Trees, not tigers. They don't "feel" anything. If they look good and healthy, it means they are good and healthy... because that's

by 1stop 11y ago

... But we are talking about Trees, not tigers. They don't "feel" anything. If they look good and healthy, it means they are good and healthy... because that's all they are.

Avshalom 11y ago
It's still absolute domination of life[1] for the sake of aesthetics. It's not exactly inexplicable to be a bit unsettled by it or the mindset that leads to it. Comparisons to other human activity are only going to make it seem comparatively innocuous and there's a gulf of difference between the relative and the absolute. [1] honestly the alive/not alive bit isn't even strictly that important. People are often fairly opposed to destroying various rock features, even when it's for the purpose of a very practical and utilitarian dam. Somethings resonate with people in a way that they want that something to be allowed to just be
- 1stop 11y ago
  Well by that reasoning, antibiotics are "domination of life"... I bet you the rock formation folk aren't willing to let a festering infection - "just be". So the difference is purely about aesthetics, which brings us back to why people do bonsai...
  - Avshalom 11y ago
    You got excited by my first sentenced and failed to notice that I fairly explicitly don't give even a tiny shit about the hypocrisy didn't you? Though it's worth pointing that most people care about the difference between killing something and controlling every aspect of that things life.
    - 1stop 11y ago
      ... Antibiotics was not chosen out of the blue. We control every part of their life in order to eradicate another life. I read your full comment, and I don't really care what you care about, my point was to point out that your point was inconsistent, whether you were expressing it as your "own" point of view or a "friend of a friends" I don't care, the point is still inconsistent.

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... But we are talking about Trees, not tigers. They don't "feel" anything. If they look good and healthy, it means they are good and healthy... because that's

by 1stop 11y ago

... But we are talking about Trees, not tigers. They don't "feel" anything. If they look good and healthy, it means they are good and healthy... because that's all they are.

Avshalom 11y ago
It's still absolute domination of life[1] for the sake of aesthetics. It's not exactly inexplicable to be a bit unsettled by it or the mindset that leads to it. Comparisons to other human activity are only going to make it seem comparatively innocuous and there's a gulf of difference between the relative and the absolute. [1] honestly the alive/not alive bit isn't even strictly that important. People are often fairly opposed to destroying various rock features, even when it's for the purpose of a very practical and utilitarian dam. Somethings resonate with people in a way that they want that something to be allowed to just be
- 1stop 11y ago
  Well by that reasoning, antibiotics are "domination of life"... I bet you the rock formation folk aren't willing to let a festering infection - "just be". So the difference is purely about aesthetics, which brings us back to why people do bonsai...
  - Avshalom 11y ago
    You got excited by my first sentenced and failed to notice that I fairly explicitly don't give even a tiny shit about the hypocrisy didn't you? Though it's worth pointing that most people care about the difference between killing something and controlling every aspect of that things life.
    - 1stop 11y ago
      ... Antibiotics was not chosen out of the blue. We control every part of their life in order to eradicate another life. I read your full comment, and I don't really care what you care about, my point was to point out that your point was inconsistent, whether you were expressing it as your "own" point of view or a "friend of a friends" I don't care, the point is still inconsistent.