Occupy Sheffield Cathedral

[Womerry2 10]

Will the spare tents be made available for the rough sleepers?

[ElasticMan 10]

I'm in town tonight and might pop by the cathedral just to see how many of the protesters are going home to their nice comfy beds at night. If it's anything like the St Paul's one in London, only 1 tent in 10 will be occupied so hopefully it should be quiet!

 

That was a lie, a started by the Daily Telegraph. It was based on bogus evidence, and even the Police agree it is untrue.

[dabuckle 10]

Will the spare tents be made available for the rough sleepers?

 

there are plenty of homeless people using the tents, yes

[CMSMJ1 10]

I am obviously one of the 99% and I could not care less what the 1% were doing with themselves. The world is not an equal place. In places like the UK you can be lucky and inherit some wealth (as it is just about the money isn't it?) or you could do bugger all and still have enough wealth to make most of sub saharan Africa cry with envy.

 

Either get off your bottom adn put some effort in...and have your kids do the same and perhaps in a few generations your offspring will be that 1% - that breed of people who are obviously demons as they molest nuns and kill kittens for fun.

 

This protest, aimless, hopeless and a shining example of apathy that it is...is doomed to fail as whether you like it or not, too many cooks spoil the broth.

 

Comparing the "struggle" to anything like what has just happened in the Middle East is a gross insult on those populations (not just crusties) who actually were oppressed, suffered great personal trauma and who never had an option to do anything democratically.

 

Want to change the world? How were the last great changes made? By people talking about it or by people doing something?*

 

 

 

 

*doing something does not involve camping at the church as it is the only place you can stay without being evicted.

 

@ rickie/jeff et all - great posts.

 

@ darth vader...you need to turn to the dark side mate...you'll like it over here! :-)

[Womerry2 10]

there are plenty of homeless people using the tents, yes

 

Do you have the numbers, please?

[nortonlees15 10]

in the sheffield star one character said he was a stay at home dad! So who was looking after the child then?

[Womerry2 10]

in the sheffield star one character said he was a stay at home dad! So who was looking after the child then?

 

With him? Surely being a parent is more likely to make you want to make the world a better place. I don't see any cause to attack the protesters for their family arrangements - that's pretty low.

[Stan Tamudo 10]

in the sheffield star one character said he was a stay at home dad! So who was looking after the child then?

 

Another one that's woken from his cyber coma, 130 days since your last post. Some very odd posters on this thread.

[Murphy Jnr 10]

See this merry-go-round is still operating and answering the same 'olde questions' then.........luvvly

[dabuckle 10]

Do you have the numbers, please?

 

NO! but there are about 10 2-3men tents.

[molly44 10]

and i believe that they are all being used and during the day all the homeless and alcoholic people come down for a chat and some food and drink and to listen and feel part of a community again. if anything that must make a big difference to those people, how many of you have avoided the homeless, the alcoholics, and the hippy looking lefties?. lets face it even on the local news last week they say that people sleeping rough on the streets of sheffield have had a big rise. these are human being. not scum. and do you know the few resources that that the city provides. they are at breaking point, and when the food banks have people coming in with children for food because they cant feed them, well i dont think this society at present has much to be proud of

[rickiethecat 10]

That was a lie, a started by the Daily Telegraph. It was based on bogus evidence, and even the Police agree it is untrue.

 

No, the Guardian tried to disprove it by quoting a thermal-imaging expert who "wished to remain anonymous" (proesumably because they'd made him up) and found they couldn't.

 

More recently the Telegraph hired a genuine independent thermal-imaging expert to survey the St Paul's site and the number of occupied tents at night is actually 3 out of 19!

 

Proof here.

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/8874164/Less-than-a-quarter-of-Westminster-protest-tents-occupied-at-night.html

 

Wow - such devotion to the cause!