Trres have rights to sue

Gene Howe · Post by **Gene Howe** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 9:39 pm

I wouldn't normally post something like this to this forum. However, this imbecile is getting to close too my 2nd love.....woodworking.

http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=51756

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 11:05 pm

Gene Howe wrote:I wouldn't normally post something like this to this forum. However, this imbecile is getting to close too my 2nd love.....woodworking.

http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=51756

Methinks it is way past time to return to government of the PEOPLE, by the PEOPLE and for the PEOPLE!:rolleyes:

kalynzoo · Post by **kalynzoo** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:17 am

What a great job, being testimony translator for the tree. Would we be using a splintered version of sign language?

Would the tree be able to sue for damages if the court reporter took notes on "paper"? Guess we better start watching our language, you know, "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree", or a "chip of the old block", or as "as dumb as a log"; these terms might be deemed offensive.

easterngray · Post by **easterngray** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:52 pm

I am willing to bet that this fellow that feels that trees have rights does not believe the human fetus does. Alec

a1gutterman · Post by **a1gutterman** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 1:18 am

[quote="kalynzoo"]What a great job, being testimony translator for the tree. Would we be using a splintered version of sign language?

Would the tree be able to sue for damages if the court reporter took notes on "paper"? Guess we better start watching our language, you know, "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree", or a "chip of the old block", or as "as dumb as a log"]You are so right, Gary! We simply must go overboard with the PC stuff!

Gene Howe · Post by **Gene Howe** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 7:05 am

I wonder if trees would qualify for 'HEALTH CARE'? A "right" is "right", after all:D

8iowa · Post by **8iowa** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 9:54 am

Thanks to Spring storms I have all the wood U.P. here that I can use. (and much more) Can Mother Nature be sued?

dlbristol · Post by **dlbristol** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 11:31 am

On a thread some where last fall, I said I would trust any 7 people from this forum, chosen at random, to run the country more than I trust the present bunch, ( from either party). The more I hear and read, the more I think I will stick to my statement!! I was just modifying a Will Rogers quote intended as a joke. As with much of his material, he was making the truth funny.

mckenziedt · Post by **mckenziedt** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 10:59 pm

Almost makes me wish I was a lawyer (only almost). No worries about collecting my bills; all those non human entities and PolCor thinkers would surely qualify for government Legal Aid. I could represent the shrubs getting disfigured by the deer, the deer being stalked by the wolves, the wolves being sued by the trees for being humiliated by the wolves' territorial marker "spraying", the spraying material for being flushed away by the rain, the rain for causing the trees to get so big they were spiked by tree huggers to discourage logging, the tree huggers by the loggers whose saws got damaged, the loggers by a class action of trees and tree huggers for "murdering a tree and defiling a dead tree body". Opps, my unending chain of dream clients just came to an end as the loggers would have to pay all their own costs to defend themselves and their livelihood in court.
Are we seeing "Manifest Destiny" and the "Great American Dream" being replaced by Sue for Destiny and Dreams?"
Up here in the Great White North, it's "different, but the same". The sue and get mega dollars is not as prevalent, but the concept of It's my right and my responsibility as a citizen, is giving way to It's my right but your responsibility as a citizen. Instead of court ordered judgements, its legislative legislation that influences more on a day to day basis.
I hope I don't offend or abuse any of the trees I turn into housing and furnishings.

tnerb · Post by **tnerb** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 12:11 am

Gene Howe wrote:I wouldn't normally post something like this to this forum. However, this imbecile is getting to close too my 2nd love.....woodworking.

http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=51756

Wow, I suppose that's the most pressing issue. Never mind about the economy and jobs. Sure loved the comments, they say it all about the present administration.