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¿Question #5457?
davebo: "The Giving Tree": Touching or pathetic?

Papasmerv: Touching the giving tree will get you in trouble if you're not careful.
Woelf: Meh. Every time I hear that song it reminds me of two or three other songs that I'd much rather hear. Especially "Behind Blue Eyes" by The Who.
Jatoha: I can't stand this book. They should have named it "The Taking Boy".
the manatee: Pathetic.
sludgemariner: Pathetic
Hendal: ?
Phil Fleischmann: A little of both.
tofuji: pathetic in the sense of pitiable, not in the sense of contemtible. i remember reading this as a kid and not thinking anything of it, but when i read it again as an adult, i have to wonder what kind of lesson the book teaches. from the tree's pov, is it "give everything you have and they'll eventually come back?" that will lead to a very sad life. from the kid/person's pov, is it "take whatever you need from your friends, and they'll always be there for you?" that will lead to a very selfish life. in both cases, the conclusion is not likely to be correct.
blindspot: Timeless
diemacher: That's not a complete set of options
ecobot3001: depends is it giving me a play station?
DHEK: I'm not familiar with that.
TheArchAngel: touching
aleo09: n/a
skrutsch: Both.
Eric Haas: A touching tree IS pathetic.
tdyck: don't know
xlorp: Sounds like the tooth fairy. What's it going to give me, a fresh pile of squirrel jerky?
WildBil: Unknown
bigbadsteve: its been too long
Chris Page: Very creepy and disturbing.
Nekura: Touching. I'm enough of a romantic to take something away from the book. Of course, now that I under codependency, I know that it's not really healty behavior.
PsyJam: Touching
mlanza: Loved it as a kid
kinetic: meh
Bahamut-X: ?
Jim_P: pathetic
Loquutus: Shel Silverstein is a genius
jellospike: What is that? Does it gives you something? If it's boardgames, I'm interested. If it's STD, I'm out!
Tushratta: Criminal.
POvidiusNaso: Annoying.
Unitbuster: Man, that tree was such a chump.
chaddyboy_2000: I don't even know what that is.
Belash: touching
CortexBomb: Don't be a jerk
Lord_Prussian: what is it?
skelebone: Didn't they cut that one down to make a roaring "Giving Fire"?
CDRodeffer: Touching.
jttm: Whats the difference between touching and pathetic?