02-18-2019, 07:51 AM
I'm in agreement with a lot of the sentiment in this thread.
Imagine a stone tower, built up bit by bit by the new people who arrive to visit. When it grows, its foundation and supports begin to crack and buckle, and as it ages, it begins to become painfully obvious that it was, perhaps, built for a different time, for a different purpose. When that tower inevitably falls, it is sad that all the work that went into building it has come undone. But all the rubble left behind is an opportunity. All of it is material to build a new tower: a better one, more organized, one more free of essential flaws, one built for a new zeitgeist and a new purpose.
It will happen eventually. It's just a matter of time. I just hope whatever takes BF's place as a center of the zoo community ultimately reflects some of the growth in maturity that has happened in us over the years.
