As price of olive oil soars, chainsaw-wielding thieves target Mediterranean’s century-old trees
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SPATA, Greece (AP) — In an olive grove on the outskirts of Athens, grower Konstantinos Markou pushes aside the shoots of new growth to reveal the stump of a tree — a roughly 150-year-old specimen, he said, that was among 15 cut down on his neighbor’s land by thieves eager to turn it into money.
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Man, good luck managing your children if one of them has a bunch of stuff and the other doesn't.
Well, that's true, but that wasn't what I meant (or said I guess). What I meant is that sometimes we have to wait for gratification, even while others get something we want or need. Relevant to this thread, because the system has broken down/is built in a flawed manner (as you rightly pointed out) many folks have waited, only to never receive gratification.
I wasn't really trying to call you wrong or anything, just a minor point I guess. This is a challenging situation, I won't claim to have the right answer!
Have you ever heard the phrase "golden child"? It's sadly relatively common for a certain sort of dysfunctional family. Screws up entire lifetimes for people.