Re: Bush trumps royalty

[Jurriaan Bendien <bendien@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, we just have to agree with the Queen on that one... but let us notice
one little thing:

> "The repairs will cost tens of thousands of pounds but the damage to
> historic and rare plants will be immense. They are still taking an
> inventory.

Notice here that there is no referencing at all to the actual human work
which gardeners have to do to tidy up the mess and restore the exulted
garden with tender care and the love of plants. It is just talk about
"damage done" and pounds, pounds and more pounds, and there seems not be no
glimmer of understanding there at all, that behind those pounds, pounds,
pounds there is a gardener who does this work, must do this work, and seeks
to restore this garden to its full splendour, not simply for the sake of the
Queen, not simply because he has to earn a crust, but because of his belief
in a genuine stewardship for nature, nature caringly cultivated in a way fit
for people to participate in and enjoy. The oil of such vital interest to
the Pentagon and the White House may be like the blood of Jesus, but the
gardener thinks further ahead, beyond oiliness, to the health of all living
things, forgotten with all the philosophy of grease.

Jurriaan