[Stones] Fathers 4 Justice

[Cerridwen Connelly]

Andy,

I was interviewed as a member of the EH Stonehenge management committee. I
assume Peter was too busy negotiating with the protestors to do it himself.

I said that I had empathy with FFJ up until the moment the reporter told me
they had broken into Stonehenge and were walking on a lintel. The "parenting
skills" remark referred to the issue of teaching children to respect our
ancient heritage, and that NO ONE is permitted to climb the stones, even on
Open Access events, for their own safety as well as respect for the site.

I said that if they wanted international media attention, all they had to do
was block the entry turnstiles which would have brought out the police and
media without need for leaning a big ladder against the trilithon and
stomping back and forth in heavy boots for nine hours on a World Heritage
irreplaceable monument. If it's Stonehenge the media come. There are ways to
publicise a cause without disregarding our heritage.

The "three" remark was not in the interview, just a tag line on my email.

Hwyl,

Cerri Connelly
http://www.technopagans.co.uk
"for those who honour the past but love living in the present"

Andy B wrote:

> While I don't approve of climbing the stones I have to sympathise with
> John's strong views and wonder what experience of the pressures of
> fatherhood gives Cerri the right to pontificate so publicly? In fact who
> set you up as a spokesperson regarding Stonehenge? I think I know the
> answer to that.
>
> I have a DVD cover here showing 6 people on the lintels in the 1980s
> during a solstice party. That was the image they chose for the cover.
> Like it or not the image of people standing on Stonehenge is one of
> those iconic things that gets to the public consciousness. Which is why
> they did it.
> Ooh - 3 people might break it - give US a break...
>