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What is the meaning of all of this? Is this just anti-social behavior seeping into city councils? Is there some political motive here?

pvaldes 3y ago
"If you want to destroy the spirit of a country don't kill its people, burn its forests, fell the trees, and destroy its prized cultural artifacts" The oldest trick in the book of war
- pvaldes 3y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_T%C3%A9n%C3%A9r%C3%A9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_T%C3%A9n%C3%A9r%C3%A9
- barbazoo 3y ago
  Or, more likely, just a city council or urban planning department that doesn't care about nature conservation.
  - pvaldes 3y ago
    Wood thieves fall in a different category; Those are the worst offenders by number. Companies or local goverments stealing trees from public parks has became a too common activity since the austericide. Very profitable also; most people don't understand that plants have a big economical value just as raw materials. But is not this case; nobody tried to remove the wood. Revenge is a fact. Some protected very old oaks had been killed in Spain after tourism to see them became too invasive. Probably not the same with the sycamore, but it could be a team of badly advised locals, for sure. The fact is that there is a global pattern in Europe and USA of manipulating rednecks and gullible people against nature. Social media is doing this all the time resulting in a lot of wildfires in Europe lately. Remote manipulation seems probable here.
    - pvaldes 3y ago
      This may be a plausible case of wood thievery IMAO. It shows a lot of the common "modus-operandi" patterns. 14th century old oak. UK. 2022 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-61977727 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-61977727 To be fair, sometimes is just well-meaning local authorities trying to avoid a perceived danger. Trees sometimes fall over people. Sometimes is a mix of greed and fear. Public trees with useless wood are more often saved or left alone.
- Karellen 3y ago
  If Sheffield City Council were at war with England, that might make sense. Are you suggesting that is the case? Or, if not, and destroying the spirit of the country is the tactic, what is the goal they are trying to accomplish with it?
- TheHappyOddish 3y ago
  What confusing grammar.
moritonal 3y ago
In almost every case it's because the tree's are stopping a guy from making some money. It's that simple.

pvaldes 3y ago

"If you want to destroy the spirit of a country don't kill its people, burn its forests, fell the trees, and destroy its prized cultural artifacts" The oldest trick in the book of war

pvaldes 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_T%C3%A9n%C3%A9r%C3%A9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_T%C3%A9n%C3%A9r%C3%A9
barbazoo 3y ago
Or, more likely, just a city council or urban planning department that doesn't care about nature conservation.
- pvaldes 3y ago
  Wood thieves fall in a different category; Those are the worst offenders by number. Companies or local goverments stealing trees from public parks has became a too common activity since the austericide. Very profitable also; most people don't understand that plants have a big economical value just as raw materials. But is not this case; nobody tried to remove the wood. Revenge is a fact. Some protected very old oaks had been killed in Spain after tourism to see them became too invasive. Probably not the same with the sycamore, but it could be a team of badly advised locals, for sure. The fact is that there is a global pattern in Europe and USA of manipulating rednecks and gullible people against nature. Social media is doing this all the time resulting in a lot of wildfires in Europe lately. Remote manipulation seems probable here.
  - pvaldes 3y ago
    This may be a plausible case of wood thievery IMAO. It shows a lot of the common "modus-operandi" patterns. 14th century old oak. UK. 2022 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-61977727 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-61977727 To be fair, sometimes is just well-meaning local authorities trying to avoid a perceived danger. Trees sometimes fall over people. Sometimes is a mix of greed and fear. Public trees with useless wood are more often saved or left alone.
Karellen 3y ago
If Sheffield City Council were at war with England, that might make sense. Are you suggesting that is the case? Or, if not, and destroying the spirit of the country is the tactic, what is the goal they are trying to accomplish with it?
TheHappyOddish 3y ago
What confusing grammar.

moritonal 3y ago

In almost every case it's because the tree's are stopping a guy from making some money. It's that simple.