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Originally Posted by Osem
Which is why I haven't claimed it was their intention. Their intention is irrelevant - their actions and refusal to move on voluntarily and peacefully from the Cathedral's grounds have, however, quite predictably caused chaos and a great deal of harm to an entirely innocent institution which has nothing whatsoever to do with their cause.
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They haven't done a great deal of harm to the institution. Most of the harm has been self-inflicted, deciding that they had to close on health and safety concerns before going back on decision and internal disagreements on how to deal with the protesters.
The situation at St Pauls is being used, predictably, to vilify the protesters. There has yet to be any violence, any disorder, any damage at all done by this camp, they seem to be a good example of what a peaceful protest is all about.
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Originally Posted by Sirius
At the end of the day they have been asked to move on but they have refused , What else can the church do now but ask the courts to get involved. I don't know if that resignation would have happened if the protesters had not dumped themselves outside the church.
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They have to protest somewhere. Their location of choice was denied as it was private property.