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We should stop forcing it upon people. |
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Yes, you're right. The Standards of beauty are quite unrealistic. Nature should be allowed to grow.
It was fine before humans decided that everything needs to be conformed to our narrow veiw of
beauty. |
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Somebody is working on a very slow-grow lawn seed but the power mower lobby is trying to stop its
development, of course !
I would be in favor of a once-per-summer mowing, not every Saturday morning from May to October ! |
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In grass-cutting we have an absurd aesthetic standard that developed - in a way no different from a
particular hair style or fashion trend that becomes popular - and that standard somehow took
permanent and disastrous root in our culture. Indeed, it even became mandatory. Local councils and
homeowners' associations maintain bye-laws and regulations requiring you to cut your grass. If you
don't do it, you will find yourself taken to court and fined.
But what is this fashion? We cut grass till it is only one or two inches high? Mutilating a plant
suddenly becomes mandatory? How ridiculous is that? What if we had a fashion for mutilating cats or
dogs in the same way? Cut the top of them off until only their paws were left, and then pass laws so
that everyone has to do this. Would that be ok? No, it would not. And the fashion for mutilating
plants is no less ridiculous. Nature is beautiful in its natural state. A standard of beauty which
holds mutilated plants to be more beautiful than natural ones is decadent and bizarre, like the
fashion by which Chinese women were once required to mutilate their own feet by wearing tiny shoes
to prevent them from growing naturally; or Western women required to wear bizarre corsets.
So let's say you felt sorry for the grass and wanted to let it grow, or you thought it actually
looked better when it was allowed to grow to its natural height. Would you be allowed to let it grow
naturally? No. You would be taken to court if you tried to go your own grass-growing way. It's as if
the local council maintained laws saying you had to play music on violins or cellos and if you
played on electric guitars or synthesizers instead you were going to be prosecuted. The natural
evolution of horticultural art is being artifically constrained by legislative fiat! There could
have been gardening equivalents of Jimi Hendrix or Jimmy Page who never got the chance to fulfil
their true potential because of these absurd regulations!
Then there's also the noise aspect of it. Every time there is a sunny day, all you can hear is the
sound of droning machines which people use to mutilate the plants in their gardens. The warm weather
makes you want to open your window to let some air in but, if you do that, the sound of the machines
just becomes even louder. Manual grass-cutting machines worked just fine but, no, people felt a
compelling need to waste electricity on noisy machines which would make mutilating their plants
marginally easier.
Grass-cutting is noisy, wasteful of electricity, cruel to the grass, which should be allowed to
develop naturally, and indicative of a corrupt and degraded horticultural aesthetic which is far
removed from the real beauty of nature. Grass-cutting must stop. |
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Yea lets let crass be as tall as trees hahahha no. |
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I agree with mackenzie. The grass would grow to ridiculous lengths if we didn't cut it every once in
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There are at least three sorts of grass:
1. Decorative lawn or golfing green,
2. Grass grown to be used as food for the horses,
3. The variety some ignoramuses smoke.
So no, some grass is for decorative purposes, and must be cut in order to serve its' given purpose
on appearances only. |
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It looks better shorter. |
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I like to play in the yard. (Without getting ticks) |
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Let me guess, you don't shave or shower often. What grows naturally let it grow. Don't be bogart'in
the blunt man. |
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Cutting the grass is essential to the look of your homes. If you just let it grow you would not even
be able to walk in it, you would have to walk through it. I think it looks so bad when people even
let their lawn get a little bit too tall. Homes need maintained and it looks best with short grass.
This is why some developments require that lawn be cut. |
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Grass cutting is actually good for the grass because if it gets too long then the water wont get
into the roots quickly... Also it looks much much neater!!! |
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That's actually an ideal length where you want to bbq. If it is like 5 inches tall, might as well go
to a jungle where siberian tigers live on. |
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The grass in my garden is never much higher than one inch and I find that this is the ideal length
for those who use their yards for recreational purposes, such a sports, BBQs and garden parties. It
would not be very convenient if we would have to struggle our way through knee-high grass.
Additionally, many people take pride in their flowerbeds, yet if we stopped cutting the grass in our
yards, the flowers would be completely overshadowed. I view grass as little more than a natural,
self-regenerating carpet, which is pleasant to walk on. Cutting the grass and watering it helps keep
it healthy, dense and green.
I agree that lawnmowers are noisy and it is certainly irritating to wake up to this sound in the
morning; thankfully, however, most people are sensible enough to only engage in this activity during
the day. |
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05 May 2008 12:46
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