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comment by ThurberMingus
ThurberMingus  ·  1637 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I don't like bonsai but I like this tree . . .

It's been interesting to think about it in terms of the respect a tree deserves instead of in terms of human needs or responsibility. Thanks for answering my question.

The aesthetics and art of bonsai are a high enough purpose to justify it for me, though I am probably valuing that and the inherent worth of a tree differently than you.