I WILL LET YOU DOWN: The comments to the post linked below reminded me again of my hatred of all things Giving Tree.

You all, the tree is the villain. It spoils the child, gives him no basis for a real life in the world, and then martyrs itself so he can keep being dependent on it forever. There are reasons to martyr oneself… and some of them are awful.

As I said once on a whiskey-soaked evening: “That tree is not fulfilling its tree-los.”