*Enviralists Bump
Perhaps the funniest keyword I've seen on FR.
A tale from one of the Buddha's previous lives, as retold by Phra Depvedi
The king's park-keeper wanted to celebrate a festival in the city. Therefore be wanted to find some people to water the trees so that he could take a leave for a week or so. He wondered to himself, 'How can I find some people to look after the trees?' Then he thought of the monkeys in the park.
He summoned the chief monkey. 'Can you water the trees for me during my leave?'
The chief monkey said, 'Oh, sure.'
The park-keeper said to him, 'Here are the watering pots. Please tell the monkeys in this park to water the trees while I am gone.' Then he went away.
When the time came for watering the trees, the chief monkey said to the other monkeys who had gathered to take the watering pots, 'One moment, please. We have to use water economically. How can we do so? We have to water the trees according to their needs. How can we know the needs of the trees? The tree with long roots needs uch water; the tree with short roots needs less water. We should make a division of labor by dividing the monkeys into groups.
Two monkeys to a group: One monkey pulls up the tree to see if it has long or short roots. The other monkey, when he sees, "'Oh, this one has short roots" -- waters it less. If it has long roots, he should water it more.'
The monkeys divided their labor in this way. They watered all the trees in the garden park, and all the trees died. Then a wise man came and saw what the monkeys were doing. The chief monkey, who considered himself very wise, explained his orders. Then the wise man uttered this stanza:
A foolish person, even when he wants to do something good, may instead do something that leads to destruction.
"Only you can prevent forest falls, Dude."
Where does one go to receive proper training in the highly skilled profession of 'tree sitting'? Sounds like OSHA should get involved since he wasn't properly trained in the safety aspects his job? Why don't 'tree sitters' have to be state liscensed like plumbers and other tradesmen? I have a thousand more questions I'd like to ask.....
Maybe the Earth should now be plastered with government mandated labels that state "The Earth Could BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH SHOULD YOU SLIP AND FALL ONTO IT. IT IS A FELONY TO REMOVE THIS LABEL."
Another thought: Just wait until these enviro-psychos start demanding protection for rocks and boulders. I'm predicting it!
Why don't tree sitters use some sort of safety gear?
I figure it probably has something to do with their lefty persuasion: perhaps they think falling out of trees impresses.