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[font:Times New Roman][/font]Don't get me wrong, because I'm not a militant animal-rights activist (although I do think that we should minimize unnecessary suffering), but this impulse to dominate living things - expressed across cultures and history - explains much of what happens in the world of human affairs. To my mind, anyway. Yi-Fu Tuan's book - I linked to in my first post - is the only one I've come across which specifically addresses this issue, especially as it relates to the impulse to turn living objects into the inanimate . So we force trees to become arches, or bicycle wheels (see the photos attached to "pleach"); it seems like every time I turn around I bump into this in the human world, too: p.16 Needless to say, I think that the world might be a better place if we understood what we were doing in this regard, and so I never let the thinnest of opportunities pass without (as Mencken might say) a whoop-up for Tuan.
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sks24: thanks for the response. I am not a militant in anything either. I don't much care for 'crusades', but I do agree with your first paragraph. We are not alone on this planet. Where I live there are increasing encroachment (if that is the right word)of mountain lions, puma and other animals (e.g.bobcats) because we humans are pushing more and more into their territory. I don't have an answer to any of it, but it does concern ma.
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As for espalier: my question stands, is it the cloth shoulder stap on police, etc. Anyone?
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Yep: (bold mine)
<botany> A railing or trellis upon which fruit trees or shrubs are trained, as upon a wall; a tree or row of trees so trained. "And figs from standard and espalier join." (Pope)
Origin: F. Espalier, fr. It. Spalliera, fr. Spalla shoulder, the same word as F. Epaule. See Epaulet.
Source: Websters Dictionary
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such would not be hard to grow: give it a try, any tree that adapts to your locality.
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