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    This is just so pointless. I want to smack the little shithead, but I’m also wondering if he’s mentally healthy.

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      I don’t think someone who’s mentally healthy engages in random antisocial acts like this. Environmental stresses, or physiological issues, driving impulsive antisocial behaviour seem likely to be an underlying issue here.

      Like, I get that people by and large like to blame individual actors for shit like this, but these things are almost always driven by chronic family and broader social issues.

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    What happens to the felled tree in this case? Does it get turned into lumber or what? It’s a famous tree.

    I hope a new tree is planted in its place.

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      … and this boy has a suspended sentence as long as he does nothing else bad AND there’s a tree above 10 feet in its place.

      Pay to acquire and maintain the replacement must come from paid community work, 100% post-tax pay toward any tree maintenance first.

      I say 20 years of that to ensure the new tree will take.

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      Usually you want trees grown in forests for lumber as they grow straight upwards due to limited space. Free standing trees are usually bent in all kinds of shapes so they’re not as easy to work with. It’ll most likely be turned into firewood.

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        You could turn it into hundreds of bowls. Or cut small pieces and glue them up into cutting boards and such. There are uses for kinky wood, but you’re right that it’s not useful for making things where you want long straight dimensional lumber.

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    Christ on a bike, I was an utter wee fanny when I was 16, but fuck me, if I knew someone had done that, even at that age I’d have kicked their cunt in

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    This is my favorite movie. I own it in almost every format. I have the NES game complete in box, and I don’t even own an NES.

    I’m a little heartbroken, but I’m also curious if there is a way to get part of the tree.