Call it what you like Merrie... I lived in house rented from friends who had a love of trees, animals, and things to encourage habitat for nature "as much as possible left to be". The garden was a literal sanctuary, it was a jungle that birds frequented, rare birds, possums that became almost like friends, frogs, snakes et al...

They had to sell it and the neighbour, who was a nice enough fellow, though simply did not share the same respect, understanding or love of nature that I did bought it.

He casually mentioned he was going to get a bob cat in to remove a couple of palm trees (at least that is the impression he gave) that were an actual "threat in the event of a cyclone".

What actu...

Call it what you like Merrie... I lived in house rented from friends who had a love of trees, animals, and things to encourage habitat for nature "as much as possible left to be". The garden was a literal sanctuary, it was a jungle that birds frequented, rare birds, possums that became almost like friends, frogs, snakes et al...

They had to sell it and the neighbour, who was a nice enough fellow, though simply did not share the same respect, understanding or love of nature that I did bought it.

He casually mentioned he was going to get a bob cat in to remove a couple of palm trees (at least that is the impression he gave) that were an actual "threat in the event of a cyclone".

What actually happened is, that he got the bob cat in and they literally scraped the jungle back to bare earth!!!!!!!!!!

I never thought I could BE an emotional hippie and it is something I wouldn't do in a group - but the emotions these people are expressing is no less than what I felt, when that jungle that "had been my friend and a friend to the native wildlife" that I loved, got decimated.

No wonder the earth is as "in a state of crisis as it is" we really don't care, we are so "disconnected" to the life force that flows through the natural habitats of not just one species (human) but millions bacteria, insects, minerals, trees, animals in all their sub groups.

I AM angered by "human belief" that we are the most important species on this planet and no other life form matters as long as humans survive.

I would gladly leave this planet, if all I had to look forward to was humans, humans and more humans and their neurotic pets, all the neuroses, psychoses, their lack of harmony within themselves and hence the planet - Give me an "injection now just like you would your beloved pet", because I just don't want to hang around a world of buildings, swarming with "human ants" who are intent on taking over the world, even though, they don't recognize it within their own psyches.

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