Comments on: A conversation about trees. http://unsympathetic.net/2006/11/28/a-conversation-about-trees/ Easily distracted by shiny things. Mon, 16 May 2011 20:43:00 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Nils http://unsympathetic.net/2006/11/28/a-conversation-about-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-557 Nils Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:54:52 +0000 http://unsympathetic.net/?p=204#comment-557 There is always some reason for this – some stuffy, reasonable motivation for doing these things. The trees were ill, they blocked the sun, they were dangerous for traffic... whatever. But when that void is there, I can well imagine how it feels wrong somehow. And you hope that there will be others that do survive, because trees aren't just healthy and pretty, they remind us where we come from, older things that go beyond college and career and the modern lives we want to create for ourselves. Mm, sorry, got a bit carried away there. I'm just sorry they cut them down. It's a pity. There is always some reason for this – some stuffy, reasonable motivation for doing these things. The trees were ill, they blocked the sun, they were dangerous for traffic… whatever.

But when that void is there, I can well imagine how it feels wrong somehow. And you hope that there will be others that do survive, because trees aren’t just healthy and pretty, they remind us where we come from, older things that go beyond college and career and the modern lives we want to create for ourselves.

Mm, sorry, got a bit carried away there. I’m just sorry they cut them down. It’s a pity.

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