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RE: Do Cypress trees have souls?

Subject: RE: Do Cypress trees have souls?
From: Ian May
Date: Nov 15 2007 17:42:26
Dom wrote: 
Looked up soul in the index of Mattheck, Lonsdale, Strouts.  Nothing.
Its wood and water.  Aren't we just anthropomorphising here?  


Try saying that when you're p*ssed and I'll buy you another next time we
meet!!
Meanwhile one of us might be in the wrong job ;o)


Ian May 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dominic Scanlon [mailto:Dom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.co.uk] 
Sent: 15 November 2007 17:04
To: UK Tree Care
Subject: RE: Do Cypress trees have souls?

Mark wrote:

<Do trees have a soul? Lay your hands on a Yew with a girth of 10m and
tell me you don't feel anything there.>

I only ever felt wood ; )

Looked up soul in the index of Mattheck, Lonsdale, Strouts.  Nothing.
Its wood and water.  Aren't we just anthropomorphising here?  

Dom



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