this post was submitted on 22 Feb 2026
39 points (100.0% liked)
Ontario
3561 readers
8 users here now
A place to discuss all the news and events taking place in the province of Ontario, Canada.
Rules
- No bigotry - including racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia.
- Be respectful, especially when disagreeing. Everyone should feel welcome here.
- No porn.
- No Ads / Spamming.
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Well, that's a different argument.
My personal experience tells me that "not harming anyone" is far more complex and difficult than people naively expect, and an argument that this isn't harming anyone needs to be supported. It's not the kind of thing that you can just count on your common sense for.
There's also differences of values. What you consider harm and what someone else considers harm are not the same thing. My values say that not only is biodiversity more important than looking good, but even that wild looks better than manicured. But I probably wasn't in the group that set the community values.
Someone might want to let their garden grow to promote bee health. A neighbor might have a child who is extremely allergic to bees. That neighbor would see an overgrown lawn as a threat to their child and reducing the overall safety of their neighborhood.