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| Thread ID: 118598 | 2011-06-13 03:19:00 | Another Chch shake :( | Bozo (8540) | PC World Chat |
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| 1208820 | 2011-06-15 11:38:00 | Cool story. Personally I'd collapse the CBD and abandon the area. Actually, I believe that is still a work in progress. ;) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1208821 | 2011-06-15 12:07:00 | Sounds like a job for this (en.wikipedia.org) or something similar | Greven (91) | ||
| 1208822 | 2011-06-15 23:06:00 | You sound like a dick head but I wasn't going to say it I think this proves my point...thanks for making it clearer for everyone :thumbs: |
LiquidSolidity (1589) | ||
| 1208823 | 2011-06-16 03:16:00 | Actually, I believe that is still a work in progress. ;) Governmental wip, but who can wait that long!. Lurking. |
Lurking (218) | ||
| 1208824 | 2011-06-16 03:19:00 | Sounds like a job for this (en.wikipedia.org) or something similar No that would put us toooo deep in it, liquefaction ie. As if we are not deep enough in it right now. We need to dismantle the city and move out west or north to Auk, lol. Lurking. |
Lurking (218) | ||
| 1208825 | 2011-06-16 03:31:00 | I see that the Bishop and Dean are saying that the Cathedral may have to be completely rebuilt after the last round of damage this week, and that there is no guarantee they will rebuild it in the Square. They are saying that the Cathedral is a city icon, and as such it needs to be in the centre of the city. If the whole city moves west, so will the Cathedral. A trifle egotistical of them... I didn't think this was still an Anglican settlement! I wonder what that means for the Basilica? Given the tiny bit part they gave the Catholic clergy in the memorial service (on a par with the Hindu, Buddhist, Muslims, Jews, Bahai etc) I guess they won't see the survival of the Basilica as central to the city's life... |
John H (8) | ||
| 1208826 | 2011-06-16 03:41:00 | Religious icons are a distant second as far as I am concerned. They should stay rubble till the real rebuilding is done. |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 1208827 | 2011-06-16 04:10:00 | I have no problem with that. Personally, as far as the colonial era buildings are concerned, I would give precedence to the old university and the Provincial Council Chambers over any religious building, but I think I would be in a minority on that! At least I wouldn't give the Cathedral a higher priority than the Basilica, unlike the post colonial Anglican rump that still rules the city. |
John H (8) | ||
| 1208828 | 2011-06-16 08:11:00 | I see that the Bishop and Dean are saying that the Cathedral may have to be completely rebuilt after the last round of damage this week, and that there is no guarantee they will rebuild it in the Square. They are saying that the Cathedral is a city icon, and as such it needs to be in the centre of the city. If the whole city moves west, so will the Cathedral. A trifle egotistical of them... I didn't think this was still an Anglican settlement! I wonder what that means for the Basilica? Given the tiny bit part they gave the Catholic clergy in the memorial service (on a par with the Hindu, Buddhist, Muslims, Jews, Bahai etc) I guess they won't see the survival of the Basilica as central to the city's life... As I mentioned west is the way to go. Majority would be Anglicans like my G-Grandfather, Grandfather, Father, Myself and Our Kids and Grand Kids, not that we are religious by any stretch of the imagination. Did not have the "Lords Prayer" in the Memorial Service either, I noticed on the TV footage. Noticed also the "end of the world guru" has had a stroke, wonder why. Lurking. |
Lurking (218) | ||
| 1208829 | 2011-06-16 10:35:00 | (snip) Majority would be Anglicans like my G-Grandfather, Grandfather, Father, Myself and Our Kids and Grand Kids, not that we are religious by any stretch of the imagination.(snip) Hmmm, not sure I would agree with 'the majority would be Anglicans'. Possibly there are quite a number of people who are nominally Anglicans (whether they constitute a majority I would not know), but congregations in Anglican churches are dwindling to small groups of mostly elderly people in each parish; churches are being abandoned or parishes/churches are being combined; churches or vicarages are being leased out or made available for community activities; and bequests to the Anglican Church (traditionally a major source of Anglican church income) are greatly reduced, so the Church is always struggling to make ends meet. You may find there are more happy clappers now than Anglicans, except possibly amongst my old fart generation. At any event, it appears as though they may still have some political influence, but I wonder whether they are any longer the majority, or even the core of the ChCh/Canty community except in an historical sense. |
John H (8) | ||
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