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Oppressing a Living Organism
I was coming home this evening, to see a woman (white, 40s) looking disapprovingly at the cameras I have mounted on a tree above the sidewalk. So I rolled down my window and enquired as to her concern.
She said, “Nobody should ever do something like THAT to an Living Organism!”
Wait, what?
“You attached things to the tree! That is a horrible thing to do!”
“Madam,” I replied. “You do realize that you drilled holes in your ears for your earrings. Are you not a living organism? Or are trees just more important than people?”
I kid you not. She looked at me, and said, “Trees ARE more important than people!”
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In ancient Israel, it was forbidden to plant trees next to an altar because of the temptation to worship trees in place of G-d. If you had asked this lady if trees are more important than G-d, I think I know what her answer would have been. To the pagan mind, nothing is superior to the earth and what grows in it.
Well, darn. Now you know where her head is at.
Ask her if an endangered species of tree were found on her property, is it right for the government to relocate her (without just compensation) to another house to live.
If she says “Yes”, she recognizes the trap in your argument. If she says “No”, then ask her if she fully supports the 5th Amendment in the Constitution . . .
Hey! What about bugs?! Some people eat bugs. They are very popular in some circles. In Thailand, there is a sect of Buddhism where the monks are very careful where they walk so they don’t kill any bugs. Then there are mosquitoes . . .
Lord. I’d hate to think what sound crickets make when you chew them (knowing as I do how disturbing the sound of lettuce in that situation can be).
They crunch.
Well, as Dennis Prager would say: “Clarity over agreement”.
[duplicate Carrot Juice Is Murder deleted.]
Also…
Plant a strangler fig. Let it grow, and watch her mind explode.
She can say “yes” all she wants because, as a (I presume) prosperous American citizen she knows she’s protected by the constitution no matter what nonsense she merely believes and therefore her so-called “principles” will never be tested.
The Constitution is invalid. Written on paper, which comes from… well, you know.
Son #3 was next to me in the car. He was plotzing. He could not believe she walked into it.
Hemp? I’ve been told the founding fathers made everything out of hemp.
Mourning the loss of the old growth. Such a great video. A real classic.
“But I know every rock and tree and creature has a life, has a spirit, has a name.”
Instead of Pocahontas converting to Christianity, John Smith converts to paganism.
Thanks, Disney!
Yeesh!
OMG! They killed Sonny!
I could refute this by pointing out that plants developed chemical warfare before we developed backbones, but it’s just too wisdomly to attack.
Would that she had walked into the tree and had an epiphany. Or a headache.
Even their iPhones and cars.
Imagine what this hippy’s home smells like.
I guess driving a car would be considered insecticide.
Like Harrison Bergeron, an excellent parable against egalitarianism.
It’s mostly Canadian anymore.
I suppose you could’ve told her, with wide-eyed sincerity, that you’d asked the tree’s permission?
If we were all trees, we’d end up becoming furniture.
I know people like that – they just needed to get their meds adjusted.