Oh my god you're right.

I think I unintentionally brought Tree Law to HN.

Now that I think of this may be the first time that I've seen Tree Law on here.

We're only a hop, skip and a jump from getting some vigorous discussion about Bay area Tree Law now.

They even make songs about it, quite good ones at that:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnC88xBPkkc

   The Trees
   Available on Hemispheres

   Music: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson
   Lyrics: Neil Peart

   There is unrest in the Forest
   There is trouble with the trees
   For the Maples want more sunlight
   And the Oaks ignore their pleas.

   The trouble with the Maples
   (And they’re quite convinced they’re right)
   They say the Oaks are just too lofty
   And they grab up all the light
   But the Oaks can’t help their feelings
   If they like the way they’re made
   And they wonder why the Maples
   Can’t be happy in their shade?

   There is trouble in the Forest
   And the creatures all have fled
   As the Maples scream ‘Oppression!’
   And the Oaks, just shake their heads

   So the Maples formed a Union
   And demanded equal rights
   ‘The Oaks are just too greedy
   We will make them give us light’
   Now there’s no more Oak oppression
   For they passed a noble law
   And the trees are all kept equal
   By hatchet,
   Axe,
   And saw…