Tree protectors (left) vs. Slackliner (right) in Cal Anderson Park on Sunday
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  • Tree protectors (left) vs. Slackliner (right) in Cal Anderson Park on Sunday

Let's bring this debate back. It's been a while, and in any case it's still an issue in Cal Anderson Park, where on Sunday I was picnicking with some friends when the above slackliner got into a long standoff with the above tree protectors.

It was a polarizing moment for my party of onlooking picnickers. Some sided immediately with the trees. Others sided immediately with the slackliner.

If anything can help us sort out who was right, it's a Slog poll. (Legally binding, eternally correct, and scientifically irrefutable as always.) So: