[WillowTheWhisp]

On the subject of this here Panopticon, which we are going to have whether we want one or not, and the choices which have been put before us............

I was standing at the bottom of Avenue Parade on Friday gazing up at the Coppice and asking myself what the heck it is going to look like up there when we've got the wretched Panopticon when my eye was drawn to the "thing" which some people have referred to as a monument and which I believe at one time had a map on top but has in recent years been daubed with graffiti.

Two things occurred to me:
1. Whatever gets put up there will end up vandalised and/or covered in graffiti in a like manner.
2. We've got a "thing" up there and if the purpose of this Pantopticon is to draw the eye to a focal point on high ground then surely we already have that? All they need to do is clean up the thing and put an up to date, preferably vandal proof, map or landmark indicator on top of it. It would be a heck of a lot cheaper.