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Stonehenge TRC Meeting

Submitted by Andy B on Sunday, 29 June 2003  Page Views: 1070

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TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION FOR STONEHENGE

Thirty-second meeting, Wednesday July 16th 2003, The Function Room, GEORGE HOTEL, AMESBURY, From 2:00PM

The Commission is an open forum and is a voluntary initiative of The International Institute of Peace Studies & Global Philosophy, and of The Stonehenge Peace Process which is a project working to bring together all parties with an interest in the controversial issues of access to Stonehenge and the surrounding landscape. We believe that a lasting solution can only be found if everyone participates and the legitimate needs of everyone including druids and pagans, local residents, new age travellers, the public and all Solstice visitors can be addressed in a spirit of compromise.

The Solstice Access this year has been judged a great success, despite the controversy about the two dawns, the great numbers, and fears of protesters. But no gathering of 30,000 can be without difficulties, there was massive traffic chaos and some issues to discuss, about this year, and hopes for improvements in the future, both at Stonehenge and Avebury, which are joined as part of one World Heritage site.

George Firsoff (Secretary)
Tel 01782-266498
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Re: Stonehenge TRC Meeting by Anonymous on Thursday, 03 July 2003
How can you say that this year was a great success? Each year there has been more and more trouble, more and more people who have no respect for the occasion, stones, land or even the people around them. Last year my young daughter was hurt as she was trampled upon by drunks, this year our pushchair, containing my 16 month old baby was tipped over by a drunk whilst we were still in the car park waiting for the stones to open at 2am! We had to leave straight away so that he could be properly checked over, he was thankfully fine- but can you imagine if our 6 Week-old baby had not still been in the car but already in the pushchair?! My daughter is now so terrified after witnessing all of this that the magic of the stones has all but dissappeared and been replaced by something altogether more sinister. It breaks my heart that we may never be able to walk amongst the stones again, they mean so much to me and my family, but I feel that they have been taken from us by those who care nothing for this beauty but everything for a selfish 'high'.
Many people that I spoke to after that night will also not be returning for many similar reasons- so if you are measuring this years success on heartbreak then the level will be very high indeed.
Sent with much love and Adalia's tears. x
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    Re: Adalia's tears by Anonymous on Saturday, 05 July 2003

    In general, I found this year's gathering to be remarkably mellow in
    comparison to the previous years. Yes there was some wildness that
    was socially abrasive, but I this was minimal relative to the size of
    the gathering.

    I am really sad to hear about this incident, because for you, it was a disaster and completely spoiled the gathering.

    The daytime/nightime balance was created to address the needs of
    families and children, hopefully as we move to a more sensible
    conversation regarding the amount of time we have to celebrate
    amongst the stones, the less frantic will be the race to grab what we
    can from the tiny window that is permitted right now.


    Respect for the stones is purely conceptual, screaming and yelling,
    processing feelings without restraint is the most powerful form of
    healing and will get us from A to B the fastest

    ceremony may if it is really focussed touch on this space of release
    for a moment.

    without ceremony this release/healing is spontaneously occuring for
    thousands.

    a balance has to be struck to encompass all the different ways that
    people reach this point of release, from partying to ceremony - all
    across the compass.

    10 hours of access does not allow this to happen in an organic
    fashion.

    the ball is in english heritages court as to how serious they are
    about moving the peace process forward.

    SAY YES TO PEACE .... SAY YES TO PEACE ....SAY YES TO PEACE
    Include these two lines at the top and bottom of every E mail ...pass it on...

    Greet someone new today, smile, say hello, shake their hand... let the peace begin

    :)
    brian
    http://www.InfinitePossibility.org
    When the conversation reaches critical mass, it transforms into action.
    Social Acupuncture
    http://www.InfinitePossibility.org/sa
    "there is nothing wrong with our world, we are just having a weird
    conversation - Reclaim the conversation"
    Our New World Order Is Love
    http://www.InfinitePossibility.org/nwo
    Support the creation of a Global Truth and Reconciliation Commission to settle the issues that are pulling the strings of our global crisis.
    http://www.thewarpexperience.com/partyforpeace/globaltrc

    "if we don't create our future, our past will create it for us"...Martin Brossman
    http://www.coachingsupport.com

    SAY YES TO PEACE .... SAY YES TO PEACE ....SAY YES TO PEACE
    Include these two lines at the top and bottom of every E mail ...pass it on...
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