Craig- Comparing it to another Asian thing also stuck out at me as a big no no. I think he is likley being called a racist on some other forum on the net. Surely if I was of Asian decent I would feel he was revealing he fealings toward my culture.
salix- lmao "Yeah, that comment impressed me as particularly ignorant. It doesn't even bear thinking about, but let's consider for a moment that all of the new growth on roots is connected to old growth, just like the branches coming out of the top. If you cut away everything but the youngest growth, all you'd have left is a stick! It's like saying that all somebody eats is the hole out of a bagel. He holds a grudge against bonsai for something that any sensible person should be able to know can't happen."
I think if you mailed him his quote and your rebutle he may be a bit embaressed.
In reality though you see the spread of misinformation everywhere about everything.
I think basically his quote how clouded(biased) his view is towards trees in general.
Bias - a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation [syn: {prejudice}]