Well by that reasoning, antibiotics are "domination of life"... I bet you the rock formation folk aren't willing to let a festering infection - "just be".
So the difference is purely about aesthetics, which brings us back to why people do bonsai...
So the difference is purely about aesthetics, which brings us back to why people do bonsai...
Though it's worth pointing that most people care about the difference between killing something and controlling every aspect of that things life.
I read your full comment, and I don't really care what you care about, my point was to point out that your point was inconsistent, whether you were expressing it as your "own" point of view or a "friend of a friends" I don't care, the point is still inconsistent.