Don't Ax, Don't Fell ; the Thinking of Modern-Day Druids Stumps Us
Gazette, The; Colorado Springs, Colo. › July 10, 2004
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What's the usual next step when the doctor announces she's discovered a cancerous lump growing inside you? In the vast majority of cases, the lump is cut out or otherwise removed, lest it evolve into something even more life threatening. And such is also the case with many diseases afflicting our flora and fauna. Some plants or animals must sometimes be sacrificed in order to prevent a breakout from becoming a plague.
Not long ago this might have been a commonly shared understanding in America. But the logic of such actions no longer seems to compute for some, including, apparently, the residents on East Platte Avenue trying to block the removal of trees believed to be stricken with Dutch elm disease.See the full content of this document
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Don't Ax, Don't Fell ; the Thinking of Modern-Day Druids Stumps Us
According to a report published Wednesday, some in the area are threatening to chain themselves to the trees in order to stop the chain saws, and have spun some outlandish-sounding conspiracy theories involving the city's dark motives for felling the state...
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