(September 28, 2023 at 10:18 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: i do agree it is an reprehensible act of juvenile delinquency and vandalism, but we should keep a perspective of its significance as a cultural loss. i brought up hadrian’s wall to show where the bulk of the cultural value in the environs of the tree in question is, and the destruction of section of the great wall example of a more direct and substantial cultural loss that occurred at almost the same time but passed with hardly any notice.
Just because you don't care about potential sentimental value doesn't mean it doesn't exist for others.
I'm your huckleberry.
