St Paul's Cathedral Closed

Post by **Exi5tentialist** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 11:11 am

St Paul's says it has closed for safety reasons, but protesters insist they cannot be moved on without court order

How long will London's authorities allow St Paul's to remain closed before they have to resort to violent removal of the protestors? Apparently the camp has caused the cathedral to be closed on grounds of "Health and Safety". That seems very contrived: health and safety has been cited as an over-arching concern to which the only solution (surprise, surprise) is the removal of the protest, but the hazards have not been detailed nor advice been publicized on how the protest could minimize them. In this context the decision to close the cathedral is rather suspicious - can anyone find a rational explanation for this action?

Post by **Gawdzilla Sama** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 11:15 am

Conditions are getting pretty bad.

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Post by **Exi5tentialist** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 11:19 am

Zombie Gawdzilla wrote:Conditions are getting pretty bad.

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Yes, the health and safety excuse does seem a tad dramatic in that light.

Post by **PsychoSerenity** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 11:30 am

Sounds fucking suspicious to me. The people from the Cathedral were initially encouraging of the protest. No doubt someone is putting pressure on them. Health and Safety is a pathetic excuse. Much like the excuse they came up with for the Wall street protesters "cleaning the park".

Post by **Atheist-Lite** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 11:33 am

Seems a wee bit un-Christian? Is that what Jesus Christ would have done? Didn't he have a grudge about money-lenders or something?

Post by **Exi5tentialist** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 11:40 am

Crumple wrote:Seems a wee bit un-Christian? Is that what Jesus Christ would have done? Didn't he have a grudge about money-lenders or something?

Yes, though on the other hand, the injunction to the dove sellers from Mr J.Christ was ‘Get these out of here! Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise!’ (John 2:13-16), so presumably closing the gift shop is just getting back to their roots.

Post by **Magicziggy** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 11:59 am

Health and Safety trumps all. Those concerns would be genuine.

Post by **Exi5tentialist** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 12:03 pm

Magicziggy wrote:Health and Safety trumps all. Those concerns would be genuine.

Presumably in that case any large protest should be banned on health and safety grounds.

Post by **Gawdzilla Sama** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 12:04 pm

Magicziggy wrote:Health and Safety trumps all. Those concerns would be genuine.

And yet you have McDonald's there.

Post by **Magicziggy** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 12:17 pm

Exi5tentialist wrote:
Magicziggy wrote:Health and Safety trumps all. Those concerns would be genuine.
Presumably in that case any large protest should be banned on health and safety grounds.

I would have thought so, yes.

Post by **Hermit** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 12:43 pm

Magicziggy wrote:Health and Safety trumps all. Those concerns would be genuine.

Indeed. And the long arm of the law really hunted Al Capone down for tax evasion.

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