McKevvy wrote:
On 26 June, 10:13, "OG" wrote:
"David in Normandy" wrote in . fr...



Sleepalot wrote:
Our ancestors used to hunt mammoth with little more than pointed sticks!
Mammoth were easy. Have you ever seen cave paintings with the cavemen
carrying sacks of blackberries to make wine? Never happened, far too hard
for them, all those stinging nettles. ;-)
To the OP, I think any weedkiller strong enough to kill off the nettles
would be a possible health hazard to anyone eating (drinking) the
blackberries. You could always use glyphosate one year, that would kill
off the nettles but only make the blackberries miserable, then the
following year there should only be the recovered blackberry bushes with
no nettles. Blackberry bushes are not killed with a single treatment of
glyphosate.
Am I the only one appalled at the idea of trashing a species rich piece of
wild growth just so the OP isn't inconvenienced whilst gathering free
brambles?

And surely it would be illegal without the permission of the land
owner/occupier.

Don't make me sound like a vandal. Your extreme reply is full of
political correctness and empty of reality.

....

If you want to get up on your politically correect horse then fine -
but don't use words like "trashing" when referring to my proposed
actions.

....

Stick your head out of the window once in a while and go visit the
countryside - you'll have a better idea of the reality of life that
way.

McKevvy

Surely the 'politically correct' response is

"Nobody should object to McKevvy from doing what he wants to do. Any
objections stand in the way of his personal fulfillment and growth;
environmental and legalistic objections to his proposed actions are
paternalistic and outmoded. Any questioning of his right to spread
weedkiller any the land that he chooses is a denial of his human rights
in that ownership of the currently neglected land is irrelevant and if
he he chooses to subdue and subsequently harvest it, this is his right
as an oppressed* member of the rural community**."

*Provide details of current location, social level income, housing, etc
and I'm sure we can identify some level of social deprivation that will
excuse your wish to stick 2 fingers up to the environment


** even if you live in a village or town, I'm sure the PC brigade will
be able to come up with some excuse for you doing what the hell you
choose. It'll probably help if you failed your A levels (gender
orientation can help too).