RIP - Hadrian’s wall tree

[Beebo]

What aren't people as outraged about 1000's of rainforest trees being cut down daily? Lots of woodland being destroyed to build on?

To quote Joseph Stalin “a single death is a tragedy, a million deaths are a statistic”

 

[Alex321]

What aren't people as outraged about 1000's of rainforest trees being cut down daily? Lots of woodland being destroyed to build on?

Far more people are outraged about that than about the Sycamore Gap tree. There are frequent protest, involving quite a few people.

But something ongoing is not as newsworthy as a one-off event, so it doesn't get the news coverage. And also that is local, while the rainforests are on the other side of the world.

 

[DaveReading]

Better just to say "I deny the allegation completely" and then answer all further questions with complete silence if you want to do your best to avoid being charged in the first place.

Complete silence being, of course, much better than answering questions with "no comment".

 

[Drago]

Complete silence being, of course, much better than answering questions with "no comment".

Saves time and breath.

"No comment" indicates your intention not to answer the question. Simply not answering achieves the same without effort of thought or body.

 

[figbat]

Saves time and breath.

"No comment" indicates your intention not to answer the question. Simply not answering achieves the same without effort of thought or body.

The first line of the caution is “you have the right to remain silent” but then it ends “do you understand?”. I assume your right to silence is effective immediately and there’s no obligation to answer the first question you are asked after being read your rights?

 

[Mr Celine]

I burn wood to feed my heating, and looked into getting a log splitter a while back. And didn't buy one because I couldn't justify it. If your wood isn't over knotty, a log maul will split that readily enough.

The bigger pieces, I will saw in half (along the grain) which renders them split-able.

If nothing else, it's good exercise.

And by the time you've split all the logs you're so warm you don't need the heating on.

 

[teeonethousand]

Far more people are outraged about that than about the Sycamore Gap tree. There are frequent protest, involving quite a few people.

But something ongoing is not as newsworthy as a one-off event, so it doesn't get the news coverage. And also that is local, while the rainforests are on the other side of the world.

They have missed a trick there...if they said it was the inaugural act of a 'just stop trees' movement highlighting deforestation, climate etc etc they would have a heap of followers calling them heroes

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

They have missed a trick there...if they said it was the inaugural act of a 'just stop trees' movement highlighting deforestation, climate etc etc they would have a heap of followers calling them heroes

Fighting against the propaganda from "Big Oxy"

 

[Evil_Breakfast]

Further evidence, if any were needed, that Graham & Carruthers are a pair of self-loathing individuals; mistaking attention and/or notoriety as validation.

Sycamore Gap pair were quizzed in homophobia case

 

[Ming the Merciless]

They have missed a trick there...if they said it was the inaugural act of a 'just stop trees' movement highlighting deforestation, climate etc etc they would have a heap of followers calling them heroes

They thought it was all one big oak

 

[Beebo]

Further evidence, if any were needed, that Graham & Carruthers are a pair of self-loathing individuals; mistaking attention and/or notoriety as validation.

Sycamore Gap pair were quizzed in homophobia case

The fact that the victim remembered the number plate but was one digit out is awful. As that probably meant the police couldn’t press charges.

 

[Time Waster]

And by the time you've split all the logs you're so warm you don't need the heating on.

Firewood warms you twice!!

 

[Time Waster]

There was a Guardian article I think that asked the question which was the biggest rainforest. Apparently there is not definition but the Northern Hemisphere Taiga is apparently the biggest not the Amazon. Definitions are related to ancient forests as in untouched but agreement is not there so does the northern boreal forests count when there are oceans splitting the land up??

 

[T4tomo]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8v8leg97eo

very interesting article, our two tree fellers are also homophobic hate crime perpetrators....

 

[Time Waster]

Sounds like the tree cutting is not enough to condemn them over that people are looking for other reasons to hate them too. I wonder how many dodgy comments posters on here have in their internet history? I bet the ease of the anonymous internet allows for plenty of nastiness without consequence.