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For half a millennium countless people have made the decision to let this oak tree live, yet - quite asymmetrically - just six people will get to remove it from

• happytiger 3y ago
  Absolutely. And well said. It’s a tragedy that roads mean more to people than biological life support systems. When all the fish are gone and all the trees are felled then maybe, just maybe, folks like this will realize you can’t eat money.
  • insickness 3y ago
    "When the last tree has been cut down, the last fish caught, the last river poisoned, only then will we realize that one cannot eat money." -Cree Indian Prophecy
    • moeffju 3y ago
      Actually, recent counter-cultural fakelore: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_Rainbow_Warriors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_Rainbow_Warriors
      • happytiger 3y ago
        That’s why I don’t use the quote, but the sentiment is quite lovely this time of civilization don’t you think? I really love this one though: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qfFJFgnmJdE https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qfFJFgnmJdE
• D13Fd 3y ago
  That's a pretty narrow-minded view. You could just as easily say: For half a millennium the people living near this tree let it live. Then, collectively, through their elected representatives, they decided that the best course for their community is to replace the tree with something more useful to them, the "missing link" in their road network that they believe will improve local transportation and their day-to-day lives. How else would you have it work? Should the entire UK vote? The entire world? This is the polar opposite of the Sycamore Gap situation.