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Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob
What is wrong with maintaining the area as a place of quiet contemplation amid the bustle of the town?
What is so onerous about having to walk around it?
To walk upon a grave unknowingly is one thing. But to know and to do it anyway speaks volumes about the kind of society that we have become.
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I quite agree with all these points - to me it is fine as it is and the seating already there is adequate. It is a nice leafy spot, perfect to while away a little time. I always go there when I come back to Accy before going in to have a wander in the library. There was no queue of people waiting to sit when I was last there -in fact I was quite alone...
I think there has been a shift in values and as life is no longer given that much respect these days then neither are the lives of those who came before us. Cheap'n'cheerful has replaced quality things that last and in the same way the dead are even more disposable -why waste valuable space on them, what right do they have to it...
I presume it would be for the Church of England to decide if work can go ahead and how it should be executed. The ground would surely have to be de-consecrated in order for it to have a different use to that which it was originally designated for...