He argues that it is a false premise "that every wild species occasionally harmful to agriculture is, by reason of that fact, to be blacklisted for general persecution [1]." He also argues that it's backwards to focus so much on weed control rather than weed prevention--many times weeds are the effect of some underlying cause (land misuse, etc.).

Anyway I really dig Leopold and his philosophy, if you've never heard of him give A Sand County Almanac a try.

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldo_Leopold

1: https://books.google.com/books?id=-StPpe04gS8C&pg=PA306&lpg=...

It should be noted that most sod grasses are also an invasive species in most places. And in the western US, where water is not as available as it is in South Carolina, sod lawns also require a lot of water from the Colorado River that could go to much better use.

They also, uinlike sod, don't require mowing since they don't grow to multiple feet in height if left unattended.

The US concept of a sod grass lawn as a standard home feature is another example of the US's arrested development in Happy Days.

Go mow the lawn Richie!!!