[teenyelliott]

That’s pretty harsh, the history of that tree is extrodinary and it was a living thing standing tall for hundreds of years, that alone deserves some respect.

I agree.

This tree has been more useful for hundreds of years than most people are during their entire lives.

And no that doesn't mean I am an OWS hippie, or that I "am posting on the wrong forum". It means that without trees humans would be pretty bad off, and without humans trees would be better off.

Having a sense of awe and reverence for nature is a good thing.

[Las Vegas Ron]

It means that without trees humans would be pretty bad off, and without humans trees would be better off.

[little jeremiah]

Having a sense of awe and reverence for nature is a good thing.

Yes.

[editor-surveyor]

>> “It means that without trees humans would be pretty bad off, and without humans trees would be better off.” <<

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That is an incredibly ignorant statement.

Every forest on Earth is fully dependent on man for its health. When we ignore them, they fall into deep decay, and become fire traps that burn so intensely that they will never be forests again. When we thin and harvest them they remain healthy, and productive.

The only reason that we have those giant trees is that the Costanoan indian tribes had the sense to burn the forests constantly to keep the chamise from choking out the trees.