[Stones] Longman of Wilmington Abuse

[Andy Norfolk]

littlestone wrote:
> "I said that if a bunch of radical feminists did it AND NOT T&S then 
> some people might feel differently about it."
>  
> I doubt it, people didn't feel that way when Fathers for Justice 
> climbed Stonehenge - there was a general outcry from both the pagan 
> and heritage communities. The bottom line is that a commercial TV 
> stunt took place at the Longman that has offended people both in the 
> pagan community and outside it, and over 200 of those people feel so 
> offended by the stunt they have signed a petition - surely that counts 
> for something (though you and a few others on this thread seem to be 
> glossing over it).
Is this a wind-up?

I thought it was fair to ask the question about what constituted 
respect. If a pair of tv presenters do this or anything else then you it 
seems feel it shows no respect. You are possibly right, but they did get 
the permission of the landowners who are an archaeological trust. If the 
same thing was done by people who do respect the site for religious 
reasons to "reclaim" the site for the Goddess - and stranger things have 
happened - then surely an almost identical act would respect the site 
and would have logically to be condoned by those who at present are 
complaining so loudly.

Can one or other of those who are clearly so affronted explain why they 
are? It seems quite clear that there is no evidence that there has been 
any significant damage to the site , or someone would have produced it 
by now.

So what's this really all about. Is it because some people now think 
they have some sort of rights of "ownership" of the site because they 
have a set of beliefs that make them more enlightened about it? 

Let's have a bit more factually based discussion in which each side 
makes its arguments properly and less hysteria and name calling please.

Andy N


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