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Of Trees and Activism

FarceBook I recently deactivated my FarceBook account. It may stay that way although I'll probably re-activate it to publicise this, which is sort a replacement FarceBook. FarceBook had become too toxic, especially in the face of local issues about which I feel strongly. I have been called a 'tosser', a 'first world climate trasher' and worse because of my feelings on Climate Activism, Just Stop Oil et al. Local issues, the proposed felling of a tree, kind of brought all this to a head, so here I am. FarceBook demands quick responses. It's easy to get quickly angered by peoples responses. Arguments rarely get seen through to their conclusion and points are rarely answered. Here are all my points. In one long diatribe. The Tree The town I live in is divided by a river. Most of the shops, pubs and restaurants are south of the river. I live north of the river. There's also a hospital north of the river. We have one very old bridge and next to no functioning pub...