[Carry_Okie]

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

The claims about logging, silt, and salmon in Ramsey gulch are garbage. I have the data.

It's a tremendous waste of energy and the desire to do good. I hate seeing these stupid kids die for lies. I just want it to stop.

[Arkinsaw]

These trees are killing WAAAAAAAAAAAY too many people. What with the skiing, the car wrecks, and now just sitters. We should perhaps be calling for a ban on these dangerous trees.

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[IncPen]

If a tree-sitter falls in the woods... ?

[Carry_Okie]

Darwin death ping.

If we can sue tobacco makers for causing deaths with false advertising, should the families sue environmental groups for this?

[ikka]

I think that we need tree control.

[hedgetrimmer]

Oh jeez. How have we raised such generation of fools who would give their lives to prevent people from using their own property as they see fit?

Poor young foolish man.

[Carry_Okie]

Another one bites the dust.

Though he was sacrificed on Gaia's altar, I'll bet he was saying "Oh God," on the way down.

Tragic stupidity.

[NovemberCharlie]

The group says the erosion caused by logging the property pollutes Ramsey Creek...

They're saying soil is a pollutant?

[doug from upland]

FROM THE ARCHIVES WHEN A YOUNG FOOL NAMED JENNA WENT ON A TRESPASSING AND CLIMBING ADVENTURE IN THE DARK -----

MIDI - IF I FELL

If I fell out of the tree…would you please not laugh at me
And try to understand
It is creepy way up there…thirty feet up in the air
Will you hold my hand

I can’t hear the birdies sing…3:00 AM’s dark
You can’t see a freaking thing…it’s no walk in the park

So-called friends said watch your grip…I took a breath
I knew if I made one slip…it could mean death
But they…said that we would have a ball…you’ll see
Only idiots could fall…certainly

I remember mom would say…to use my brain
Please be careful how I play…do not do things insane

Now I’m getting scared…and it…ain’t looking good
If my life is spared…this tree…is firewood
Oh, no…I am falling on my rump…or worse
My head might crack on that stump…what a curse

I can’t hear the birdies sing…it’s cold and dark
In fact, I can’t hear a thing…oh, what a stupid lark
What a real boneheaded lark

[bfree]

TFB. It is not society's job to protect the stupid from themselves. There are far greater problems. It seems to me he died in the commission of a crime-trespassing on private property. Hopefully, falling out of trees becomes the norm for these fools.

[Cold Heat]

It's a tremendous waste of energy and the desire to do good. I hate seeing these stupid kids die for lies. I just want it to stop.

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

[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.

[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

[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