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Originally Posted by Damien
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.
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Directly and indirectly they've cost the church a lot of money (even more if the legal process is protracted) and, by all account, some good people their posts. Had they moved on when asked to do so none of that would've happened. That they haven't resorted to violence yet is fine but I've heard several protestors say there will be violence if the police try to move them. The police will clearly ask them to move and
only if they refuse and obstruct or resist will there be any physical force used. They will be the ones reponsible for that not the police or the church.