Trees are a renewable source of energy / building materials. So again, its not that much of a big deal. Try to direct your efforts towards things that you can actually change for the better.
> A tree's function is not to "get processed." No it's not. It's function is what we choose for it to be. Why? Because we can. But it is going to die sooner or later anyway. Cutting it down for it to processed into firewood is neither cruel nor arrogant, it is simply efficient. That aside, as I understood it, the forest workers were in that area cutting down trees anyway. So no unnecessary harm done by OP and his mates.
> Politics is indeed the art of using this kind of language-bending Now you're just looking for an excuse to bash him.. Also, be wary that not everyone on the internet is a native english speaker. Written words may be interpreted in different ways by different people. He only stated what the forest workers were using the trees for.
> You either try, or accept defeat and design a better vehicle. I'm sure that's what you would have done in that situation. Sadly, not everyone is such a good person.
>(1) I don't kill your partner just because s/he has parked her/his car at the spot where I wanted to park. (This is an exaggeration solely because we attribute more value to ourselves, out of arrogance, than to anything that we deem "other.")
According to your logic, we attribute more value to ourselves than to anything else. And thats perfectly fine. When you think about it, each person is the center of his/her universe and everything around them stops existing if they cease to exist. Of course we're arrogant, that is just part of the human psyche. It's perfectly normal to give things different values. As long as your views don't do any serious damage, that is. It determines what you really care about and what your passions are. Let people decide for themselves what they deem important and go live on your own self-designated moral highground.
>(2) You don't burn the computer because your software has a bug. (This example is for those readers who persist on not shedding the aforementioned arrogance.)
No, because when your software has a bug you go fix it. Logical thinking has a way of making things easier. That doesn't have anything to do with arrogance. When your probe is stuck on top of a tree that you can't reach and there are forest workers nearby, go ask them and your problem shall be solved. See?
But honestly at this point your exaggerationg so much that I don't even know what you're trying to get at.
And I don't even care. Guess I'll have to blame my arrogance for that.