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Auburn University: Famous live oaks poisoned
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Yeah, pretty shameful
I posted about this last night in the College Football thread
Apparently the guy has kids named "Bear" and "Crimson" according to Stewart Mandel's tweet (Sports Illustrated)
I posted about this last night in the College Football thread
Apparently the guy has kids named "Bear" and "Crimson" according to Stewart Mandel's tweet (Sports Illustrated)
It's incredibly sad that this douchebag's life is so empty that he 1) gets that worked up over a football game, and 2) that he has to live vicariously through a sports team associated with a college I'll wager he doesn't have the mental fortitude to have ever attended.
I have yet to hear of anyone here expressing anything but disgust for this loser's actions. It's just as bad as if someone had taken a wrecking ball to Denny Chimes.
what an utter moron.
he should be sentenced to pay for all costs in the attempted rescue of the trees and those of the eventual replacements and to hundreds of hours of community service.
cleaning the toilets of Auburn's sport facilities for the next 5 years seems an appropriate punishment.
on the other hand, 10 yeras of jail time? that is simply ridiculous. however an idiot this man is, it is trees we are talking about, not people.
he should be sentenced to pay for all costs in the attempted rescue of the trees and those of the eventual replacements and to hundreds of hours of community service.
cleaning the toilets of Auburn's sport facilities for the next 5 years seems an appropriate punishment.
on the other hand, 10 yeras of jail time? that is simply ridiculous. however an idiot this man is, it is trees we are talking about, not people.
I'm not an Auburn fan by any stretch of the imagination, but I do value traditions in College Football for all schools
The Dawgs have "between the hedges", and it would be tantamount to poisoning the hedges in Athens
Here is a video of Toomer's Corner and the traditions there for Auburn
Toomer's Corner
The Dawgs have "between the hedges", and it would be tantamount to poisoning the hedges in Athens
Here is a video of Toomer's Corner and the traditions there for Auburn
Toomer's Corner
Criminal intent (or if this is a tort) is bad enough, but stupidity maddens me even more.
A nearby, but tiny (and then unaccredited military university) wanted a plot of land they rented which had beautiful gardens by Luther Burbank, and old pre-Colombian oaks, and with their presence the oaks were unintentionally destroyed. Though not meaning to kill the oaks, they planted thirsty lawns all around the oaks and killed them all with sprinklers and root rot.
These oaks were on location for hundreds of years, and when the navy decided to make a home there for 50 years, under a very generous lease agreement, they "modified" the landscape to look like big city office buildings with cookie cutter square structures and lawns galore. Today there is no evidence of Burbank's work or the pre-Colombian oaks.
Mind you, this was all done right next to a famous Pebble Beach Company golf course and in a city of fewer than 20,000 people.
While we can prosecute the guy/people who poisoned the trees at Auburn, good luck on going after DoD with the eyesore they created from what was once a California landmark location with last remaining life on the west coast before Europeans came. When the navy base was almost closed, locals were going to bring the few blocks of eyesore back to the landmark it once was with the Burbank hotel and grounds.
A nearby, but tiny (and then unaccredited military university) wanted a plot of land they rented which had beautiful gardens by Luther Burbank, and old pre-Colombian oaks, and with their presence the oaks were unintentionally destroyed. Though not meaning to kill the oaks, they planted thirsty lawns all around the oaks and killed them all with sprinklers and root rot.
These oaks were on location for hundreds of years, and when the navy decided to make a home there for 50 years, under a very generous lease agreement, they "modified" the landscape to look like big city office buildings with cookie cutter square structures and lawns galore. Today there is no evidence of Burbank's work or the pre-Colombian oaks.
Mind you, this was all done right next to a famous Pebble Beach Company golf course and in a city of fewer than 20,000 people.
While we can prosecute the guy/people who poisoned the trees at Auburn, good luck on going after DoD with the eyesore they created from what was once a California landmark location with last remaining life on the west coast before Europeans came. When the navy base was almost closed, locals were going to bring the few blocks of eyesore back to the landmark it once was with the Burbank hotel and grounds.
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Agreed, he should be fined and be responsible for all costs incurred trying to save the trees. This guy is just pathetic.
Ever price a large tree?
The ****** Paul Cullen got nine years for poisoning the Treaty Oak in Austin back in 1989 - a glorious and historically significant 500 year old oak that, sadly, still looks like hell today.
he was dumb in so many ways. First for doing it.
2 for bragging about it on a radio show.
3. Bragging about it still during the winter.
If he really wanted the trees to die he should of kept his mouth shut until a good part of the string was threw because then it would of been to late to save the tree. The trees are in their dormate cycle right now so they have more time to try to save the trees and they not of suck up as much of the poison.
2 for bragging about it on a radio show.
3. Bragging about it still during the winter.
If he really wanted the trees to die he should of kept his mouth shut until a good part of the string was threw because then it would of been to late to save the tree. The trees are in their dormate cycle right now so they have more time to try to save the trees and they not of suck up as much of the poison.
I see no reason for this guy's actions. Completely senseless.
Agreed but a sentence up to 10 years is ludicrous.
Harvey Updyke (we need his middle name don't we... all famous killers are called by all 3 names)
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Ah... now we are on the right track
Harvey Almorn Updyke
When you get all 3 names... you are notorious
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Harvey Almorn Updyke
When you get all 3 names... you are notorious
Inmate 1: ...So, yeah, the cops raided me and found all the stuff, and here I am. Hey man, what are you in for?
Inmate 2: I caught my girlfriend cheatin' with my best friend. Shot 'em dead.
Inmate 1: And you?
Inmate 3: I robbed a bank...almost made it across the border too. My buddy got killed in the shootout.
Inmate 1: How about you?
Harvey: I, uh, killed some trees...
Inmate 1: What?
Harvey: But they were like, really big trees!
Inmate 2: I caught my girlfriend cheatin' with my best friend. Shot 'em dead.
Inmate 1: And you?
Inmate 3: I robbed a bank...almost made it across the border too. My buddy got killed in the shootout.
Inmate 1: How about you?
Harvey: I, uh, killed some trees...
Inmate 1: What?
Harvey: But they were like, really big trees!
