Tree-sitter injured in fall from redwood

Santa Cruz Sentinel ^ | 10/9/02 | MICHAEL DE GIVE

[Carry_Okie]

Been there many times. That's what landowners do and it is usually both good and necessary.

I just wish the public understood it. These kids don't.

[Carry_Okie]

It's called survival of the fittest and elimination of the weak.(and weak minded)

Yep, for sure he was a Democrat. Problem is that in California he'll be voting that way for the next 150 years.

[Doc On The Bay]

Can't we Sue the Stupid "Sh+t-for-Brains" for the damage he caused the poor Redwood? Doc

[IronJack]

It's autumn. The nuts generally fall from the trees about this time of year.

However, only redwoods on the Messed Coast have nuts.

[hinckley buzzard]

If he didn't die he should be billed for the air ambulance. Malicious narcissistic moron.

[Dog Gone]

I read this report at this newspaper when I was looking for more information on the guy in Santa Cruz whose house burned up doing bug extermination with heat instead of pesticides.

I hadn't heard that the hippie died.

The weird thing is that there is another guy in a tree not far from there, and California thinks this is nothing unusual. It's on private property. A trespasser is living in a tree on private property.

It's a whole different mindset.

[AF68]

It is Fall and the nuts are dropping from the trees.

[packrat35]

I hate these idiots! Darwin strikes again! All hail mighty Darwin!

[TC Rider]

I have an unconfirmed report that the young man is dead.

Sorry to hear he's dead, they could have billed him for the helicopter.

My sympathy to his family.

[garden variety]

Too bad, so sad. While I feel sorry for their families, every time one of these idiots falls out of a tree, I just don't have any sympathy for them. Not even a little. Nobody forced him to climb up there. At some point in our lives we all have to be responsible for our actions. Too bad he had to be so stupid.

[ChadGore]

Tree-sitter injured in fall from redwood - Tipper not available for comment

[ChadGore]

Several FR readers e-mailed their concerns over a sharp increase in one-liners today, fueling speculation that these one-liners are not just a random occurance, but perhaps the first ungodly signs of the oncoming apocolypse.

"usually we'll see a few, maybe even a bunch, of one-liners for certain stories we've posted," said Jim Robinson, languishing in a drunken hallucinagenic stupor on the steps of his villa in the south of france. "but christ, its like henny youngman possessed the populace on a scale rivaling that of ..." Jim then gurgled and sputtered and dropped to a heap on the patio.

"certainly one-liners are a common, almost obligatory, form of logical reponse," said one freeper, "but this many makes me want to get in a white van and shoot people at random. do these people think they're funny? its really just in bad taste."

one-liner watchers are unconcerned however. "we've seen this before - like the article about the giant Bart Simpson doll copulating with a penguin - and no substantial harm was done on the long term." some, however, are still reliving the nightmare.

[11B3]

"The weird thing is that there is another guy in a tree not far from there, and California thinks this is nothing unusual. It's on private property. A trespasser is living in a tree on private property."

I know for a fact that if that was my property, and I had a logging permit in hand, that other tree would be where my chainsaw and I would be headed first thing in the morning. (Along with my M-14.) And if I couldn't find that particular tree, I'd just start dropping ALL OF THEM until these EarthFirst @ssholes decided to do something. Then the M-14 gets used. Witnesses? I don't think so.

[sneakypete]

We should perhaps be calling for a ban on these dangerous trees.

Not all trees are evil. Some only kill Kennedy's.

[lsee]

safety glasses...

[sneakypete]

A ping to see if you know this guy.

[lsee]

From this website: Gravity works

Gravity Works

The invocation "gravity works" is a shorthand I came up with years ago.
It means: A thing that is, just is. You can't explain it away. You can't argue that it violates some theory. You can't condemn it as heresy and disappear it.

Gravity doesn't care what you think of it. It doesn't care whether you think of it. It doesn't care if you disagree with it. It doesn't care whether you know about it. Ignorance and opinion hold no sway. It is impartial and unforgiving.

It is also shorthand for "what you think doesn't change what is."

It is shorter than invoking the laws of thermodynamics, or mass-energy conservation, and it scans better.

-- GarryHamilton

Or as Philip K. Dick put it: Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. (see BeliefsCreateReality)

Also, Batty said "Gravity Works!" while falling out of a tree in Ferngully: The Last Rainforest

[Carry_Okie]

I know for a fact that if that was my property, and I had a logging permit in hand, that other tree would be where my chainsaw and I would be headed first thing in the morning. (Along with my M-14.) And if I couldn't find that particular tree, I'd just start dropping ALL OF THEM until these EarthFirst @ssholes decided to do something. Then the M-14 gets used. Witnesses? I don't think so.

If you had a Timber Harvest Permit (logging permit) in hand in California you would need a Licensed Timber Operator to cut them or face a $25,000 fine. The LTO wouldn't risk his chainsaw on that tree. The sitters have spotters and cell-phones to call for help. Some have video. The local judges won't give property owners permission to bring them down and the Sheriff's Department won't do it either.

You were saying?

[Carry_Okie]

Gravity doesn't care what you think of it. It doesn't care whether you think of it. It doesn't care if you disagree with it. It doesn't care whether you know about it.

Sounds just like Werner Erhard in 1975!

[NewsFlash]

Another wacko enviromentalist nut falls out of his tree