Damn those loggers

[auroraglacialis]

Its more a bit like - they drive those big bulldozers in Avatar right up to the Tree of Voices, then build a road right up there, cut down all the trees except the tree of voices itself and then say "hey, we did not touch that tree, so you can still go there if you want, blue monkeys."

The point was not just the mound - of course it is a visible mark of the past, so that is important too, but people who came there in the recent century did not go there and celebrate the mound, they celebrated the earth and the trees, presumably at least in some distant way similar to the builders of the mound - the mound is more or less a backdrop, a reminder of the ancients, but the celebrations and rituals were very much also about the present. Why would people plant oak trees and yew trees there if it was not also about trees and the future. They certainly did not plant these trees there to be cut down for profit.
But what am I talking - anyone who cannot SEE what is wrong with this probably cannot be helped.

[Niri Te]

Originally Posted by auroraglacialis

But what am I talking - anyone who cannot SEE what is wrong with this probably cannot be helped.

Oe mllte oeyä tsmuke

[apache_blanca]

Originally Posted by auroraglacialis

Its more a bit like - they drive those big bulldozers in Avatar right up to the Tree of Voices, then build a road right up there, cut down all the trees except the tree of voices itself and then say "hey, we did not touch that tree, so you can still go there if you want, blue monkeys."
...the mound is more or less a backdrop, a reminder of the ancients, but the celebrations and rituals were very much also about the present. Why would people plant oak trees and yew trees there if it was not also about trees and the future. They certainly did not plant these trees there to be cut down for profit.
But what am I talking - anyone who cannot SEE what is wrong with this probably cannot be helped.

this is very sad only I can feel with this. Trees take a Long time to grow, think of any old tree, how many things it could have Seen over the centuries? it is not only about the shade & the oxygen the trees produce, there is something that cannot be compensated with commercially planted forests.

I am angry about the mindlessness of this cutting. There is a forest 'way up in the mountains' that I used to go for mushrooms to, & it was very... balanced. Trees, bushes, grass, plants, forest life... it was all 'in tune'. Well some eejits, like those you mentioned, decided to 'clean the forest' & cut, like, 3:1 trees & also lots of underbrush, it looked naked afterwards! Guess what happens next? a hurricane happens, & most of the trees that were still standing fall down! there was too much space between them they were mostly beech trees with very shallow roots, so they couldn't support each other anymore of course the greedy RDA were happy I guess - more fire wood for them! Skxawngs