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Human Race's Obituary:
Just one more chop, before I stop;
Just one more cry of "Timber!"
But when, anon, Last Tree has gone,
Who'll Homo Sap remember?
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"David" <searchsubmit@mail.com> wrote in message
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> If a tree falls...
> by David Lawrence (September 29, 2004)
> http://www.davidlawrence.biz/
>
>
> This is the question:
>
> If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is there to hear it, does it
make a sound?
>
> Here are some answers:
>
> If a tree falls in the forest...
> Catholicism: It fell for our sins.
> Judaism: Oy, the tree fell, again?!
> Buddhism: There is no tree.
> Islam: Islam is not really about knocking over trees.
>
> Fundamentalism: The tree was Evil.
> Racism: That kind of tree is always falling.
> Plagiarism: That kind of tree is always falling.
> Defeatism: All the trees are going to fall.
> Pessimism: That is the forest of the fallen tree.
> Optimism: Almost all the trees are standing.
>
> Capitalism: Let's sell the wood.
> Globalism: Let's sell the wood, half way around the world.
> Communism: Let's knock over all the other trees.
> Socialism: Let's ask the other trees to fall.
> Nepotism: Give the tree to my cousin.
> Isolationism: That tree is none of our business, in fact, neither is the
forest.
>
> And the one that actually tries to answer the question asked, is...
>
> Quantum Physics: Of course not, by definition.
>
> (c) Copyright 2004 David Lawrence