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Re:Iconic tree at Hadrian's Wall's 'Sycamore Gap' has been '... by mikhailfranco on Thursday September 28, 2023 @09:44AM (#37689521)
Yes, it's just a tree. A new tree can grow.

The Philistine instagrammers will be disappointed. So sad.

It's not a Roman tree.

A new tree literally grows (on) trees.

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Re:Iconic tree at Hadrian's Wall's 'Sycamore Gap' has been '... by jacquesm on Thursday September 28, 2023 @09:49AM (#37689581)
This is not about the instagrammers, it is about respect for heritage sites.
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Re:Iconic tree at Hadrian's Wall's 'Sycamore Gap' has been '... by 11235813213455 on Thursday September 28, 2023 @10:07AM (#37689799)
Can we say the same statement with human instead of tree?
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Re:Iconic tree at Hadrian's Wall's 'Sycamore Gap' has been '... by hiatus on Thursday September 28, 2023 @10:49AM (#37690329)
Are you really comparing cutting down a tree to murdering a human being?
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Re:Iconic tree at Hadrian's Wall's 'Sycamore Gap' has been '... by 11235813213455 on Thursday September 28, 2023 @10:57AM (#37690477)
yes, a tree is highly beneficial to the environment, it takes a long time to replace it (10+ years for that size, which is important for many other species), a human is not often beneficial on the other side

we could compare human and an insect even, or a human and a whale, it's not really about size

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Re:Iconic tree at Hadrian's Wall's 'Sycamore Gap' has been '... by hiatus on Thursday September 28, 2023 @12:34PM (#37692047)
When I was a lifeguard as a kid, I once arrived at the pool to find thousands of flies dead, floating on the surface. I thought to myself, "If these flies were humans, this place would be a battlefield," and went on with skimming the pool.
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Re:Iconic tree at Hadrian's Wall's 'Sycamore Gap' has been '... by 11235813213455 on Thursday September 28, 2023 @03:03PM (#37694119)
this shows how lethal are humans with their "swimming pools", that's more my thought, not just directly with that water but all the plastic, energy and resources wasted

I truely love flies, many beautiful species in trees, extremely useful and evolved insect

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Re:Iconic tree at Hadrian's Wall's 'Sycamore Gap' has been '... by sarchertech on Thursday September 28, 2023 @11:01AM (#37690554)
Depending on the tree, not in your lifetime it won’t.

I have a rather nice oak tree that shades my house and my lawn. If someone chops it down, I could plant a new one. It would take 80 years to reach a similar size.

For many species it takes much longer than that.

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Re:Iconic tree at Hadrian's Wall's 'Sycamore Gap' has been '... by scott_w on Thursday September 28, 2023 @11:30AM (#37691052)
As someone reasonably local to this tree, I can tell you that everyone here is pissed off. The anger is fuck all to do with Instagram.
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